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Translation and Interpreting Studies
Vol. 11:2 (2016) ► pp.268–286

Translation ideologies of American literature in China

Chinese translations of U.S. literature manifest a shift from the third-world internationalism and anti-Western and anti-capitalist politics of the 1950s toward a diminished rhetorical antagonism in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Because translation introductions are instrumental in introducing Chinese readers to the social context of U.S. literature, we surveyed a broad sample of prefaces. Based on this survey, we theorize China-U.S. translation relations within a world system; examine the ideological character of post-Revolution translation introductions to American literature; and identify shifting ideological tides following the Cultural Revolution.

Keywords: Chinese literature, paratexts, transnationalism, American literature, literary exchange, Sino-American relations
Published online: 4 August 2016
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https://doi.org/10.1075/tis.11.2.07loc
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