This book is a study of the major events and publications in the world of translation in China and the West from its beginning in the legendary period to 2004,

Past attempts at writing a history of Chinese translation theory have been bedeviled by a chronological approach, which often forces the writer to provide no mo

In the late Qing period, from the Opium War to the 1911 revolution, China absorbed the initial impact of Western arms, manufactures, science and culture, in tha

Broken tools -- The name is changed, but the tale is told of you -- Double exposure -- Looking backward? -- The national classicist -- Becoming Wang Jingxuan --

The problem of translation has become increasingly central to critical reflections on modernity and its universalizing processes. Approaching translation as a s