Chinese Translation Studies in the 21st Century

Taylor & Francis

Chinese Translation Studies in the 21st CenturyCurrent Trends and Emerging Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Roberto Valdeon\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138714960, 978-1138714960\nSynopsis\nChinese Translation Studies in the 21st Century, which presents a selection of some of the best articles published in the journal Perspectives in a five-year period [tel], highlights the vitality of Translation Studies as a profession and as a field of enquiry in China. As the country has gradually opened up to the West, translation academic programmes have burgeoned to cater for the needs of Chinese corporations and political institutions. \n\nThe book is divided into four sections, in which authors explore theoretical and conceptual issues (such as the connection between translation and adaptation, multimodality, and the nature of norms), audiovisual translation (including studies on news translation and the translation of child.