Translation has been instrumental in opening the door between China and the rest of the world from ancient times to the present day, and has helped facilitate c

James St. André applies the perspective of cross-identity performance to the translation of a wide variety of Chinese texts into English and French from the ei

This book explores the challenges of translating Chinese works, particularly premodern ones, for a contemporary Western readership. Reacting against the "cultur

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The history of China, as any history, is a story of and in translation. Translating Early Modern China tells the story of translation in China to and from non-E