Two Voices in One: Essays in Asian and Translation Studies
About this ebook
In going through the collection, the reader will see how a translation problem can rear a “yellow-ochre head,” why a Chinese garden can become a source language text, and in what way a commentary can shine with “Multiflorate Splendour.”
Emerging from the surreal world, the reader must be prepared, first to have his/her breath taken away by a translation project on a truly grand scale, then to see the difference between the page and the stage, and finally to be amazed by the speed at which computer-aided translation has been developing.
With equal amazement, the reader will learn that Chinese can sometimes be more effectively taught, not through Chinese, but through translation, and that the Greek philosopher Aristotle and the Chinese philosopher Mencius are linked, not only by philosophy, but also by translation.
About the author
John C. Y. Wang is Emeritus Edward Clark Crossett Professor of Humanistic Studies in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Stanford University. He also at various times held a Distinguished Professorship at Academia Sinica’s Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy in Taipei, served as Head of the Division of Humanities at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and taught as Visiting Professor at The University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and The National University of Singapore. His major publications cover fields ranging from early Chinese historical narratives to traditional Chinese fiction and drama, Chinese literary criticism, and Chinese language studies.
Chan Sin-wai, Professor in the Department of Translation at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, is Director of the Centre for Translation Technology, Director of the MA in Computer-Aided Translation Programme, and Editor of the Journal of Translation Technology. He teaches Translation and Translation Technology. His research interests are in translation studies, computer-aided translation, and bilingual lexicography. He has published thirty-five books in forty-six volumes, including An Encyclopaedia of Translation and A Dictionary of Translation Technology.
