Literary Translation Research in China

Roberto A. Valdeón is Honorary Professor at South China Business College (SCBC), Guangzhou, China. He is a member of the Academia Europaea and general editor of the Benjamins Translation Library. Youbin Zhao is Professor in Translation Studies at the School of Translation Studies at Jinan University and Bryant University-BITZH, China. He is also an expert in Chinese calligraphy.

1. Introduction—Literary translation research in China 2. A case study of translation norm dynamics: a Chinese perspective 3. The politics of time in early Chinese translation of Western modernity 4. Translating Chinese culture into English: from sole patronage to joint patronage 5. Translation and negotiation of gender stereotypes: metamorphosis of female characters in the English version of a Chinese classical novel 6. Explicitation in children’s literature translated from English to Chinese: a corpus-based study of personal pronouns 7. A bibliometric analysis of translation criticism studies and its implications 8. Readers’ perceptions of Anthony Yu’s self-retranslation of The Journey to the West 9. Re-conceptualizing foreignness: strategies and implications of translating Chinese calligraphic culture into English since the twentieth century 10. Intensified foreignness in translated Chinese literary names – A case study of Shen Congwen’s stories in English