A Century of Chinese Literature in Translation (1919–2019): English Publication and Reception
I Theoretical and historical reflectionsArchival research as method: a study of “non-professional” agents of literary translationIntroductionNon-professional and professional agentsSolicited agentsVolunteer agentsContracts and agencyConclusionNotesReferencesUnpacking the Mo Yan archive: actor-network translation studies and the Chinese literature translation archiveIntroductionActors and actionsThe Chinese liter ature translation archive case studiesTwo CLTA case studiesCase study 1: Xu ShiyanCase study 2: Yan JiaANTS: agent/actor/actant-network translation studiesUnpacking the archive, uncovering ANTS: Mo Yan and Howard GoldblattConclusion: American literary network structures, translation, and the future of “literature”NotesReferencesIntuition and spontaneity in multiple voice literary translation: collaboration by accident or by designIntroductionMultiple voice translation researchTranslation types: collaborative, co-, team, in-house, educationalInterlude: accident, chance, opportunity, coincidence, contingencyTranslation partnerships and sinologyConclusionNotesReferencesGift-giving: Panda Books Series and Chinese literature “walking toward the world”IntroductionPrevious studies on FLB-spousored outbound translationProduction and reception of PBSGift-giving mentality behind outbound translationGift-giving mentality: a definitionGift-giving: personal ethics and diplomatic assertionGrabbism as a provision in crisisTranslation as gift after 1949Gift-giving with social and cultural meanings in a new eraGivism with a strand of nationalismConclusionNotesReferencesII Translations for the page and stageRegarding Lady Precious Stream: a theatrical translationA Chinese play in English“The most globally successful Chinese play”Lady Precious Stream in Australia: a brief stage historyLady Precious Stream as translationTheatrical crossoverConclusionNotesReferencesA descriptive study of Lu Xun’s short stories in the English-speaking world – with focus on Yang Xianyi & Gladys Yang’s translationIntroductionA diachronic description of English translations of Lu Xun’s short storiesThe first stage: from 1926 to 1936The second stage: from 1936 to 1949The third stage: from 1949 to 1981The fourth stage: from 1981 to the presentDetailed analysis of the translation strategies used by the YangsDistinctive char acteristics of the Yangs’ translationsLiteral translation as the main methodLiteral translation with footnotes as an alternativeDown-playing or omission of swearwordsFindings and discussionConclusionReferencesA study of contrasting translatorial methodologies in Ida Pruitt and Lao She’s co-translation of The Yellow StormIntroductionLao She’s rewriting of The Yellow Storm: spreading strong cultureThe unusual translation of Ida Pruitt: opportunity to facilitate communicationThe cultural nature of unusual translationNotesReferencesStrategizing Hong Kong literature in the world: self-collaborative translation of Dung Kai Cheung’s AtlasIntroductionThe Atlas: the story and the structureThe genealogical evolution of the original, multiple versions and translationsLanguageHistorical contentStyleSelf-collaborative translation as strategyConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesReferencesEnglish translation of Mo Yan’s Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out: a cognitive narratology perspectiveCognitive narratology: origin and developmentCognitive narrative levels in Goldblatt’s English translationMetalepsisParalipsisPseudo-diegeticQualitative and quantitative foregr ounding fr om a cognitive narratological perspectiveFindings and discussionsConclusionAcknowledgementsNotesReferencesTransferring the self-reflexive function: translation of Chinese metafictionsIntroductionGe Fei Flock of Brown BirdsYu Hua “One Kind of Reality”Yu Hua, The Past and the PunishmentsMa Yuan “The Spell of the Gangdise Mountains”Ma Yuan “A Fiction” & “Fabrication”ConclusionNotesReferencesIII Voice of translatorsTranslating between languagesTranslating Yu HuaBoy in the TwilightCries in the DrizzleChina in Ten WordsThe seventh day“The April 3rd Incident”What next?NotesReferences
