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Translating China (Topics in Translation)
โ Scribed by Xuanmin Luo, Yuanjian He
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 249
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
The book is a collection of essays on translating various types of text (literary, religious, political, etc.) into and from Chinese. The focus is on how such translations have been produced and propagated from ancient to modern times, and their sociocultural impact on the evolution of Chinese history and Chinese translatology.
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