Translating China for western readers :  reflective, critical, and practical essays / 
edited by Ming Dong Gu with Rainer Schulte. 
 - Albany :  State University of New York Press,  (c)2014. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Translating China for Western Readers in the Context of Globalization; The Genesis of This Volume; The Conceptual Framework; Scope and Content; Acknowledgments; Notes; Part I. Reflections on Conceptual Issues of Translation; 1. Hermeneutic Principles of Understanding as the Logical Foundation of Translation; Seven Hermeneutic Principles of Understanding; 1. Principle of Understanding the Whole; 2. Principle of Understanding Parts; 3. Principle of Understanding the Analysis of Wholes into Parts; 4. Principle of Understanding the Formation of the Wholes from the Parts. Notes3. Translating Chinese Literature: Decanonization and Recanonization; Revisiting the Issue of Canon Formation; Beyond Word-for-Word Translation; Translating Chinese Literature in a Global Context; Notes; 4. Readerly Translation and Writerly Translation: For a Theory of Translation That Returns to Its Roots; Three Basic Modes of Translation; Precursors of Readerly and Writerly Translations; The Function of Readerly and Writerly Translations; Readerly Translations as Poetic Source Material; Writerly Translations as Formative Experiment; The Translator as Reader and Scholar. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781438455129 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Translating and interpreting--China.<br/>Chinese language--Translating.<br/>Intercultural communication.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P306  / .T736 2014