Translators Mirror for the Romantic - Cao Xueqin''s Dream and David Hawkes'' Stone

The Translator's Mirror for the Romantic: Cao Xueqin's Dream and David Hawkes' Stone is a book that uses precious primary sources to decipher a master translator's art in Stone, a brilliant English translation of the most famous Chinese classic novel Dream.

List of contents

Contents,
List of Figures,
Preface,
Some Words Before the Curtain,
Prologue: the Hawkesian World,

1. "Profound Scholarship and Patient Research": Sinology as Foundation,
2. ‘To Change or Not to Change, That is the Question’: Construction of Base Text,
3. "Comes to Life on the Page": Sound, Shape and Style in Translation,
4. "So Much Ink Splashed for Fun":Playfulness and Imagination,
5. "The Key to Good Translation is Revision": Manuscripts, Notebooks and Typescripts,
6. "Little Private Jokes": Western Literary Allusions in a Chinese Novel,

Epilogue: "A Text that Rumbles with Echoes and Reminiscences",
Bibliography,
Index

About the author

Fan Shengyu is Associate Professor/Reader in Chinese Studies at the School of Culture, History and Language in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University.

Summary

The Translator’s Mirror for the Romantic: Cao Xueqin’s Dream and David Hawkes’ Stone is a book that uses precious primary sources to decipher a master translator’s art in Stone, a brilliant English translation of the most famous Chinese classic novel Dream.

Product details

• Authors: Fan Shengyu
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032147765
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3214776-5
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Routledge Studies in Chinese Translation
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Chinese, Chinese, Translation & interpretation, Language teaching and learning, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Translation and interpretation