China’s outbound academic translation and publication a sociological translation Wei Wang, Yuping Chen

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wang, Wei (Lecturer in Chinese studies), author.

Chen, Yuping (Of Zhongguo nong ye da xue), author.

Series:

New frontiers in translation studies

New frontiers in translation studies 2197-8697

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting--Social aspects.

Scholarly publishing.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Singapore Springer [2026]

Summary:

"This monograph provides a rare sociological analysis of China’s efforts to globalise its academic knowledge through translation and international publication. Centring on the Chinese Outbound Academic Translation Initiative (COATI), a major State-funded programme administered by the National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences, it examines how academic knowledge is translated, negotiated, and institutionally positioned within global knowledge economies. A distinctive contribution of the book lies in its use of first-hand auto-ethnographic data drawn from the authors’ direct involvement in COATI-funded projects, offering unique insider perspectives on institutional processes, professional negotiations, and translation decision-making. These insights are complemented by interviews with authors, translators, editors, and publishers, alongside analysis of policy documents, translation drafts, and detailed case studies of selected volumes. Theoretically, the book reconceptualises translation as a socially embedded practice shaped by networks of human and nonhuman actors, policy agendas, institutional structure, and agency. This volume will appeal to scholars and postgraduate students in Translation Studies, Chinese Studies, sociolinguistics, and global knowledge studies concerned with contemporary knowledge circulation"-- Springer Nature Link

Contents:

China’s outbound translation initiatives and sociology of translation

Shifts in paragraph segmentation : a theme–rheme analysis and a translator’s habitus interpretation

Human actors’ agency and networking in the COATI projects

Nonhuman actors’ role and agency in COATI translation

TranslationsANT at work in COATI translation

Structure versus agency : rethinking power in China’s outbound academic translation and publication

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Springer Nature Link, viewed April 27, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Wang, Wei (Lecturer in Chinese studies) China’s outbound academic translation and publication

ISBN:

9789819577545

9819577543

OCLC:

1586906682

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