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Publication details [#4988]

Hung, Eva. 1998. Giving texts a context: Chinese translations of classical English detective stories 1896–1916. In Pollard, David E., ed. Translation and creation: readings of western literature in early modern China, 1840-1918 (Benjamins Translation Library 25). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. 151–176.
Publication type
Article in jnl/bk
Publication language
English
Keywords
19th century | assessment=evaluation | comparative research=contrastive research | constraint | context=socio-political context | fiction=non-fiction | genre | literary translation | quality | text type=typology
Source language
English
Target language
Chinese

Abstract

The first part of this article concentrates on the context. In this section, the basis for selection, why detective fiction is chosen, pioneering translations, the blossoming of a genre and the elite’s reaction are discussed. The second part discusses specific technical (not necessarily textual) reflections that may clarify the elusive word ‘quality’.
Source : J. Vluijmans