ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF SHEN CONGWEN’S MASTERWORK, BIAN CHENG (BORDER TOWN)

• Authors: Kinkley Jeffrey C.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This essay compares the four published English translations of Bian cheng (Border Town) of Shen Congwen’s novel, discussing personal, linguistic, social, political, historical, and cross-cultural factors that might have influenced the translations and their reception when they appeared, respectively, in 1936, 1947, 1962, and 2009.

Keywords

EN

SHEN CONGWEN; BORDER TOWN; TRANSLATION; DIALECT; LITERATURE

• Publisher: Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Asian and African Studies
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 37 – 59

Contributors

author

Kinkley Jeffrey C.

• St. Johnś University, New York City, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11439, USA