Translation Studies in China: The State of the Art

by Ziman Han (Editor), Defeng Li (Editor)

Overview

This book features the latest research on translation by a dozen leading scholars of translation studies in China. The themes discussed are diverse, and include: translation policy, literary translation, medical translation, corpus translation studies, teaching translation, translation technologies, media translation, interpreting studies and so on. The contributors are all respected experts on their respective topics. The book reflects the state-of-the-art of translation studies in China, and offers a unique window on the latest thoughts on translation there.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811375941
Publisher:	Springer Nature Singapore
Publication date:	06/28/2019
Series:	New Frontiers in Translation Studies
Edition description:	1st ed. 2019
Pages:	289
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ziman Han, a Professor of Translation Studies at Shanghai International Studies University, has a keen interest in modern translation theories and literary translation studies, and in the last few years he has focused on translation and war. He has published extensively in various translation studies journals. He is also a practicing translator, and has published Chinese translations of English novels, biographies and scholarly books.

Defeng Li, a Professor of Translation Studies and Director of the Centre for Studies of Translation, Interpreting and Cognition (CSTIC) at the University of Macau. Prior to his current appointment, he served as Chair of the Centre for Translation Studies and Reader in Translation Studies at SOAS, University of London; Director of the MA in Translation and Associate Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Dean and Chair Professor at Shandong University; and (visiting) Chair Professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University. He is currently President of World Interpreter and Translator Training Association (WITTA). He has researched and published extensively in the field of cognitive translation studies, corpus-assisted translation studies, curriculum development in translator training, research methods in translation studies, professional translation (e.g. business, journalistic, legal translation), as well as second language education.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Translation studies as a Young Established Discipline in China.- Chapter 2 Chinese Discourse on Translation: Views and Issues.- Chapter 3 The Literary Obsession in Translation Studies in China: a Bibliometric Study Based on Chinese Translators Journal and Babel.- Chapter 4 Modernization through Translation: A Study of Science Translation in China (1890s – 1900s).- Chapter 5 Translation Policy Studies in China: Review and Reflections.- Chapter 6 Interpreting Training in China: Practice and Research.- Chapter 7 The Development of Translation and Interpreting Curriculum in China’s Mainland: A Historical Overview.- Chapter 8 Interpreting Studies by Chinese Scholars (1949- ).- Chapter 9 A Bibliometrical Analysis of Corpus-based Interpreting Studies in China — Based on A Database of Articles Published in the CSSCI Journals (2007-2017).- Chapter 10 Using Human-Intervened MT in the Translation of Literary and History Books.- Chapter 11 On the Construction of E-learning Platform for Translation Instruction Featured with Knowledge Systems.- Chapter 12 A Bibliometrical Analysis of Journal Articles on Military Translation Studies in China: 1982-2017.- Chapter 13 Interpreting in POW Camps in the Korean War: The Case of Zhang Zeshi.- Chapter 14 The Journey of Ulysses to China’s Mainland.- Chapter 15 Audiovisual Translation Studies in China: A Long Journey to Academic Acknowledgement.- Chapter 16 A Study on the Translating Principles of Traditional Chinese Philosophical Classics.