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Albert Camus in China
Albert Camus in China While his fame and his profound influence were reaching out to the whole world in the 20th century, Albert Camus had to face his late arrival in modern China. For a China that was deeply mired in the domestic conflicts and foreign invasions in the first half of the last century and for the Chinese intellectuals struggling in a time out of joint, Camus’s Sisyphus Question that explored all the aspects of human existence in an age of peace and his sense of outsiderness were too untimely. However, for a China that had been closed to the outside world for more than thirty years and for her people who had survived the Anti-Rightist Movement and the Great Starvation in the 1950s and the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and 1970s, any modernistic writings on absurdity and anti-absurdity or nihility and anti-nihility would better portray their spiritual predicament and pursuit than the classics. Accordingly, around the beginning of the 1980s when modern Western literary works were rushing into China, Camus’s rise in the Chinese horizon turned out to be timely. I. Introduction, Translation and Publication of Camus in China There were two modes for the reception of Camus in Mainland China. In philosophy, he was cited as a representative of existentialism and was introduced to the Chinese academia soon after Sartre. In literature, Camus as a Nobel Prize winner as well as a representative of absurdism, started to be widely admired by Chinese writers and scholars. 1 In October 1979, Feng Hanlv published his Camus and Absurdism in “Materials for Foreign Literature Research”. -
A Case Study of the Chinese Translations of the Second Sex
Manipulating Simone De Beauvoir: A Case Study of the Chinese Translations of The Second Sex Nicki Liu Haiping The Chinese University of Hong Kong Abstract Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex, one of the most influential feminist works and the starting point of second-wave feminism, has been translated and published several times in Mainland China and Taiwan since 1972 to date. This paper seeks to analyse how the Chinese translations of The Second Sex are manipulated by its cultural mediators, especially translators. Drawing upon the Manipulation School’s theoretical frameworks, this paper firstly probes into the praxis of translation activities and Chinese feminist discourses since the 1970s through close reading of the paratextual materials of all the Chinese translations of The Second Sex, including translators’ prefaces, publishers’ notes and introductions. Secondly, through a detailed comparison of two chapters — “Sexual Initiation” and “The Married Woman” — among four Chinese translations, this paper attempts to bring to highlight and analyse the complexities of the configuration of gender/sexual identities taken on by translators, the tension between patriarchy and feminism faced by translators in their social context, and the emotional affinities with or resistance to the source text conveyed by translators in their translations — and, ultimately, of how all of these factors shape the Chinese translations of The Second Sex at a linguistic level. Key Words: Beauvoir, feminism, manipulation theory, paratexts, gender, sexuality Introduction Chinese translations of Western feminist classics have been complicated by cultural barriers and manipulated by publishers and translators. Often regarded as a major work of feminist philosophy and the starting point of second-wave feminism, Le Deuxième Sexe was translated into English by H.M. -
The Politics of Translation and Reception in Late Twentieth Century Chinese Literature Tong Tong Bucknell University, [email protected]
Bucknell University Bucknell Digital Commons Honors Theses Student Theses 2017 Fusion and Reconstruction: the Politics of Translation and Reception in Late Twentieth Century Chinese Literature Tong Tong Bucknell University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/honors_theses Recommended Citation Tong, Tong, "Fusion and Reconstruction: the Politics of Translation and Reception in Late Twentieth Century Chinese Literature" (2017). Honors Theses. 424. https://digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/honors_theses/424 This Honors Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Theses at Bucknell Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of Bucknell Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. iv Table of Contents List of Table v List of Figures vi Abstract viii Introduction 1 Chapter 1: An Overview of Literary Translation in China in the 1980s 9 Based on World Literature Chapter 2: Translation, Perception, and Discourses of Reception: 37 Latin American and Chinese Modernist Literature in the 1980s Chapter 3: The Transformation of Chinese Modernism under the 56 Influence of Literary Translations - A case study of “Baotown” by Wang Anyi and “Fabrication” by Ma Yuan Conclusion 77 Bibliography 81 Appendix – Online Projects 84 v List of Table Top 10 source countries for translated literature 14 vi List of Figures A screenshot of the general database 11 A screenshot of the “Featured Authors” database -
Select Bibliography
Select Bibliography Note: This is a very selective list, with emphasis on recent Chinese publications. English titles are confi ned to those consulted by the author. Chinese titles are arranged alphabetically according to pinyin . The list is in seven parts: I. Bibliographies II. Periodicals III. Encyclopedias, dictionaries IV. Anthologies a. Comprehensive b. Fiction c. Poetry d. Drama e. Essays f. Miscellaneous V. General studies VI. Recent translations VII. Shakespeare studies I. Bibliographies ഭᇦࠪ⡸һъ㇑⨶ተ⡸ᵜമҖ侶㕆: 㘫䈁ࠪ⡸ཆഭਔި᮷ᆖ㪇ⴞᖅ 1949–1979, ѝॾҖተ, 1980 (Copyright Library, State Publishing Bureau, ed. Bibliography of Published Translations of Foreign Classics, 1949–1979) ѝഭ⽮Պ、ᆖ䲒ཆഭ᮷ᆖ⹄ウᡰ㕆: ᡁഭᣕ࠺ⲫ䖭Ⲵཆഭ᮷ᆖ૱઼䇴䇪᮷ㄐⴞᖅ㍒ᕅ (1978–1980), ेӜ, 1980 © Foreign Language Teaching and Research Publishing Co., Ltd 171 and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015 Z. Wang, Degrees of Affi nity, China Academic Library, DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-45475-6 172 Select Bibliography (Foreign Literature Research Institute, Academy of Social Sciences, ed. Bibliography of Foreign Literary Works and Critical Articles on them Published in Chinese Periodicals, 1978–1980) Deeney, John J. ed. Chinese English Comparative Literature Bibliography: A Pedagogical Arrangement of Sources in English, Tamkang Review , Vol, XII, No. 4 (Summer 1982) II. Periodicals (A, annual; 2/year, biannual; Q, quarterly; Bm, bimonthly; M, monthly; where names have changed, only present ones are given.) ᱕仾䈁ы (Spring Breeze Translation Miscellany) 2/year Shenyang 1980— ᖃԓ㣿㚄᮷ᆖ (Contemporary Soviet Literature) Bm -
A Once Inaccessible Mountain Village in South China Changes Its Economic Status and Mindset by Li Yifan
WORLD: XI ON POST-PANDEMIC ERA P.22 | BUSINESS: CHINA’S TOP 500 PRIVATE FIRMS P.38 VOL.63 NO.40-41 OCTOBER 1, 2020 WWW.BJREVIEW.COM THE ROAD TO CHANGE Mountain-locked village finds a way to prosperity RMB6.00 USD1.70 AUD3.00 GBP1.20 CAD2.60 CHF2.60 JPY188 邮发代号2-922·国内统一刊号:CN11-1576/G2 VOL.63 NO.40-41 OCTOBER 1, 2020 CONTENTS EDITOR’S DESK BUSINESS 02 Men and Women With a Mission 38 Big But Not Strong Enough A look at the new top 500 Chinese THIS WEEK private firms 40 Market Watch COVER STORY 18 Leading by Example CULTURE 44 Hail to the Harvest The man behind prosperity Festival pays tribute to farmers’ toil 20 An Unusual Helper A good Samaritan from Luxembourg 12 COVER STORY FORUM WORLD 46 How Can Food Delivery People’s Working Conditions Be Improved? 24 Turning Challenge Into Opportunity Decoupling threat to boomerang When Fortune Smiles on U.S. New infrastructure and thinking ESSAY 28 Walking a Tightrope 48 National Interest or Self-Interest? What’s to be new Japanese PM’s policy? transform a village Time for the U.S. to reexamine its own bunglings NATION 32 Through Thick and Thin WORLD Charitable work grows with technology P.22 | A China Plan for OUT OF POVERTY Sustainable Development 34 Green Leaves, Gold Mines President Xi Jinping on post-COVID-19 Tea becomes a poor prefecture’s elixir of life development at UN meetings BUSINESS P.36 | New Cooperation Channels Hi-tech trade fairs become new face of opening up WORLD Cover Photo: Zhadong, a village in Hechi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in south China (ZHANG WEI) P.26 | A Sound Path China-EU GI deal signals greater ©2020 Beijing Review, all rights reserved. -
Being Kṛṣṇā's Gōpi
Forum for World Literature Studies Vol.6, No.4, December 2014 Editors in Chief Huang Tiechi, Shanghai Normal University, China Nie Zhenzhao, Central China Normal University, China Charles Ross, Purdue University, U.S.A Editorial Assistants Yang Gexin Zheng Jie Bo Ling Shanghai · Wuhan · West Lafayette 世界文学研究论坛 2014 年第 4 期 主编 黄铁池/上海师范大学(中国) 聂珍钊/华中师范大学(中国) 查尔斯 • 罗斯/普渡大学(美国) 编辑助理 杨革新 郑 杰 柏 灵 上海 • 武汉 • 西拉法叶 Forum for World Literature Studies Vol.6, No.4, December 2014 Comparative Literature Studies Edited by Charles Ross South Asian Literature Studies Edited by Yubraj Aryal Shanghai · Wuhan · West Lafayette 世界文学研究论坛 2014 年第 4 期 比较文学研究 查尔斯 • 罗斯(栏目主持) 南亚文学研究 尤布亚 • 阿雅尔(栏目主持) 上海·武汉·西拉法叶 Editorial Board Valerie Babb/ University of Georgia, USA Maassimo Bacigalupo/ Universita’ di Genova, Italy Elleke Boehmer/ University of Oxford, UK Marshall Brown/ University of Washington, USA Ty Buckman/ Wittenberg University, USA Knut Brynhildsvoll/ University of Oslo, Norway Alison Calder/ University of Manitoba, Canada Arturo Casas/ Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain Claire Connolly/ University College Cork, Ireland Chen Zhongyi/ Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China Chen Wei/ Shanghai Normal University, China Malgorzata Czerminska/ University of Gdansk, Poland Fan Pik Wah/ University of Malaya, Malaysia Fan Xing/ Wuhan University, China Harry Garuba / University of Cape Town, South Africa Margot Hillel/ Australian Catholic University, Australia Martin Humpal/ Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic Koji Kawamoto/ Tokyo University, Japan -
Translating Feminism in China
Translating Feminism in China This book explores translation of feminism in China through examining several Chinese translations of two typical feminist works: The Second Sex (TSS, Beauvoir 1949/1952) and The Vagina Monologues (TVM, Ensler 1998). TSS exposes the cultural construction of woman while TVM reveals the pervasiveness of sexual oppression toward women. The female body and female sexuality (including lesbian sexuality) constitute a challenge to the Chinese translators due to cultural differences and sexuality still being a sensitive topic in China. This book inves tigates from gender and feminist perspectives, how TSS and TVM have been translated and received in China, with special attention to how the translators meet the challenges. Since translation is the gateway to the reception of feminism, an examination of the translations should reveal the response to feminism of the translator as the fi rst reader and gatekeeper, and how feminism is translated both ideologically and technically in China. The translators’ decisions are discussed within the social, historical, and political contexts. Translating Feminism in China discusses, among other issues: • Feminist translation: practice, theory, and studies • Translating the female body and sexuality • Translating lesbianism • Censorship, sexuality, and translation This book will be relevant to postgraduate students and researchers of translation studies. It will also interest academics interested in feminism, gender studies and Chinese literature and culture. Zhongli Yu is Assistant -
Virginia Woolf in China and Taiwan: Reception and Influence
ABSTRACT Title of Document: VIRGINIA WOOLF IN CHINA AND TAIWAN: RECEPTION AND INFLUENCE Kwee-len Lee, Doctor of Philosophy, 2010 Directed By: Dr. Jianmei Liu, Associate Professor, Chinese Program, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Virginia Woolf’s reputation as a writer, critic, and writer has long traveled far and wide. While her popularity in Europe has been well documented, her reception in the Chinese-speaking world—which enjoys the largest population on earth—has been little discussed. This study represents an effort to trace the reception and influence of Woolf and her work in China and Taiwan, which share similar cultures and languages but have been separated by socio-political ideologies, back to as early as the 1920s. The discussion is temporally divided into four periods, from the pre-separation period before 1949, the pre-open-policy period before 1978, the pre-21st century period, through the most recent decade in the very beginning of the twenty-first century. Each period is shown to demonstrate its unique characteristics. The three decades before the Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan enjoyed a privilege of direct contact or correspondence with Woolf herself and her contemporaries. Such a privilege was nevertheless limited to the elite few, which in turn limited Woolf’s overall reception. The next period witnessed a Woolf never so forlorn in the Chinese- speaking worlds. In China, she was totally silenced along with her modernist comrades. Her reception in Taiwan appeared somewhat better but was still hardly commensurate with the efforts introducing her and her contemporaries. The last two decades of the twentieth century saw her reception on the rise in both Taiwan and China. -
Forum for World Literature Studies
Forum for World Literature Studies Vol.8, No.3, September 2016 Editors in Chief Huang Tiechi, Shanghai Normal University, China Nie Zhenzhao, Central China Normal University, China Charles Ross, Purdue University, U.S.A Associate Editors in Chief Yang Gexin, Huazhong Agricultural University, China Angelique Richardson, University of Exeter, UK Editorial Assistants Zheng Jie Bo Ling Li Minrui Knowledge Hub Publishing Company Limited Shanghai · Wuhan · West Lafayette 世界文学研究论坛 2016 年第 3 期 主编 黄铁池/上海师范大学(中国) 聂珍钊/华中师范大学(中国) 查尔斯 • 罗斯/普渡大学(美国) 副主编 杨革新 / 华中农业大学(中国) 安琪莉珂·理查森 / 埃克塞特大学(英国) 编辑助理 郑 杰 柏 灵 李敏锐 上海 • 武汉 • 西拉法叶 Forum for World Literature Studies Vol.8, No.3, September 2016 Multiple Approaches to Children’s Literature Edited by Maria Nicolajeva Cultural Approach to Literary Text Edited by Yang Gexin Knowledge Hub Publishing Company Limited Shanghai · Wuhan · West Lafayette 世界文学研究论坛 2016 年第 3 期 多视角的儿童文学研究 玛丽亚·尼古拉耶娃(栏目主持) 文化视角下的文本研究 杨革新(栏目主持) 上海·武汉·西拉法叶 Editorial Board Valerie Babb / University of Georgia, USA Massimo Bacigalupo / Universita’ di Genova, Italy Elleke Boehmer / University of Oxford, UK Marshall Brown / University of Washington, USA Ty Buckman / Wittenberg University, USA Knut Brynhildsvoll / University of Oslo, Norway Alison Calder / University of Manitoba, Canada Arturo Casas / Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain Claire Connolly / University College Cork, Ireland Chen Zhongyi / Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China Chen Wei / Shanghai Normal University, China Malgorzata Czerminska / University of Gdansk, Poland -
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Success on the Menu in Search for Vegetarian Restaurant
CHINA DAILY | HONG KONG EDITION Tuesday, October 13, 2020 | 17 LIFE Success on the menu in search for vegetarian restaurant With a large population that pre- restaurants because I was unable to music to the ears. When she sug- While I kept walking in search of by a table than I received a message cheesecake and a passion fruit fers vegetarian food, it’s no surprise get vegetarian food. Not even in gested that we have lunch at the it, I made another discovery: two from my friend, who announced mousse for desserts. one gets to see a lot of “pure vege- fast-food joints. restaurant in a hutong close to the more pure vegetarian restaurants. her arrival. She said she would wait I need to specially mention the tarian” restaurants I’ve been trying out Indian, Mid- Yonghegong Lama Temple, I That’s for another day. for me outside so I won’t have diffi- assorted seasonal vegetarian sushi. in India. dle Eastern (I never tried it during couldn’t resist. I still kept walking. I realized I culty in locating the place. I always thought sushi was a non- Some restaurants my long stint in the Gulf) and even As agreed, I set out on a “great had walked away from the restau- But then, I was already inside, vegetarian dish consisting of cold even advertise in Italian cuisine. I have been prefer- vegetarian adventure” on a Friday. rant I was looking for when an eld- and she was surprised to find I had cooked rice garnished with raw or big, bold letters at ring lasagna and pasta, falafel (Mid- After she shared the name of the erly man I enquired with for arrived before her.