Translation of Chinese Modern Prose Selections, Issue (2)

Author: Zhang Peiji (Translation and Notes)
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: A comprehensive overview of modern Chinese prose, rich and diverse, with many outstanding works worthy of recommendation both domestically and internationally. Following the release of Selected English Translations of Modern Chinese Prose (Volume), this book presents 45 selected English translations of famous modern Chinese prose works by the renowned scholar Zhang Peiji, to delight readers. Each piece in the book is presented in Chinese-English parallel format, accompanied by necessary introductions to the original authors. The commentaries include analyses and explanations of linguistic difficulties, translation methods, word choice, sentence structure, historical context, and more. This book is expected to provide young people in China with reference examples for studying the theory and techniques of Chinese-to-English literary translation. Through introductions, commentaries, and the translated prose works of modern writers, it aims to deepen their understanding and appreciation of China's excellent culture, sparking their interest in researching and introducing China's outstanding culture to the world. At the same time, it also offers foreign scholars a window to understand and study the intellectual development of Chinese thinkers since the May Fourth Movement of 1919.