Dreaming across languages and cultures : a study ofthe literary translations of the Hong lou meng

by Laurence K. P. Wong

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Dreaming across Languages and Cultures: A Study of the Literary Translations of the Hong lou meng (also called The Dream of the Red Chamber, Red Chamber Dream, or The Story of the Stone) is a groundbreaking monograph in translation studies. Integrating theory with practice, it examines, analyses, compares, and evaluates 14 versions of the greatest Chinese novel in five major European languages, namely, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. In this study, translation, linguistic, lite...

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Laurence K. P. Wong, Research Professor in the Department of Translation at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, has published, in Chinese and English, more than 30 books and numerous journal articles. His translations (between Chinese and European languages) include a three-volume Chinese terza rima version of Dante's La Divina Commedia (2003) show more and a two-volume Chinese version of Shakespeare's Hamlet (2013). Chan Sin-wai, Professor and Chairman of the Department of translation at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, teaches Translation and Translation Technology. His research interests are in translation studies, computer-aided translation, and bilingual lexicography. He has published 35 books in 46 volumes, including An Encyclopaedia of Translation and A Dictionary of Translation Technology. show less

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Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism, History
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448.0221LanguageFrench & related languagesStandard French usage (Prescriptive linguistics)standard subdivisions and translating
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PL2727 .S2 .H899Language and LiteratureLanguages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, OceaniaLanguages of Eastern Asia, Africa, OceaniaChinese language and literatureChinese literatureIndividual authors and works

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