Translating Foreign Otherness: Cross-Cultural Anxiety in Modern China (Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies)

Synopsis

This book explores the deep-rooted anxiety about foreign otherness manifest through translation in modern China in its endeavours to engage in cross-cultural exchanges. It offers to theorize and contextualize a related range of issues concerning translation practice in response to foreign otherness. The book also introduces new vistas to some of the under-explored aspects of translation practice concerning ideology and cultural politics from the late Qing dynasty to the present day. Largely as a result of translation, ethnocentric beliefs and feelings have given way to a more open and liberal way to approach and appropriate foreign otherness. However, the fear of Westernization, seen as a threat to Chinese cultural integrity and social stability, is still shown sporadically through the state’s ideological control over translation. The book interprets, questions and reformulates a number of the key theoretical issues in Translation Studies and also demonstrates their ramifications in a bid to shed light on Chinese translation practice.

Copyright:

2018

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

176 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781351740845

Related ISBNs:

9781315187686, 9780367410773, 9780367410773, 9781138733282, 9781138733282, 9781138733282, 9781315187686, 9780367410773

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

03/14/20

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N/A

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies, Language Arts, Communication

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