Translation, Reception and Canonization of the Art of War - Reviving Ancient Chinese Strategic Culture

This book presents a systematic and in-depth investigation into the translation and reception of The Art of War in the western strategic culture.

Sommario

1. Introduction to The Art of War and its English translations 2. Relevant theories and concepts: a literature review 3. Research methodology and data: one framework, two methods and three corpora 4. Strategic culture reconstruction in core texts and paratexts of English translations 5. Reception of translated Sun Tzu in Western discourse: a re-canonization process 6. Social-cultural context of the translation and reception of Sun Tzu 7. Conclusion: findings, implications and beyond

Info autore

Tian Luo is Professor of Translation Studies at Southwest University, China. He received his PhD Degree in Linguistics (English) at the University of Macau in 2017. His research interests fall into the fields of military translation history, discourse analysis approach to translation studies, and corpus-based translation studies. His publications include several monographs, textbooks in English-Chinese translation and more than 30 articles in journals such as Perspective, Babel and LANS-TTS. He is currently leading a research project sponsored by the National Social Science Foundation of China after the completion of three other projects.

Riassunto

This book presents a systematic and in-depth investigation into the translation and reception of The Art of War in the western strategic culture.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tian Luo
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032245331
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3224533-1
• Pagine: 196
• Serie: Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, Translation & interpretation, Translation and interpretation, Military engineering