From Classroom to War of Resistance - Chinese Military Interpreter Training During World War II

This book focuses on a long-neglected yet important topic in China's translation history: interpreter/translator training and wartime translation studies. It examines the military interpreter training programmes after the outbreak of the Pacific War (1941-1945), revealing the indispensable role of translation and interpreting in war.

List of contents

1. The opening of the Pacific Theatre and the demand for military interpreters 2. Historical developments of military interpreters training 3. Talent cultivation and characteristics of the interpreter training centres 4. Analysis of textbook Forty English Lessons for Interpreting Officers 5. Chinese Interpreters' assignments and work practices 6. Conclusions

About the author

Jie Liu is currently an affiliated Research Fellow at Central China Normal University (CCNU) in Wuhan, China, and visiting scholar at the Institute of Chinese Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received his Ph.D. from Utrecht University and has been Research Scholar at the University of Florida. Previously, he held Associate Professorship at the National Huaqiao University, where he also served as Lead Interpreter. His work has been published in several international interpretation and translation journals. Over the past decade or so, Jie Liu has been an active conference interpreter and member of the Translators' Association of China (TAC), and the European Society of Translation Studies (EST).

Summary

This book focuses on a long-neglected yet important topic in China’s translation history: interpreter/translator training and wartime translation studies. It examines the military interpreter training programmes after the outbreak of the Pacific War (1941-1945), revealing the indispensable role of translation and interpreting in war.

Product details

• Authors: Jie Liu, Liu Jie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2023
• EAN: 9781032619101
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3261910-1
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); China, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, HISTORY / Asia / China, Chinese, Second World War, Translation & interpretation, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Asian History, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Translation and interpretation, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General