Eugene Eoyang, Lin Yao-fu (Editors)
Translating Chinese Literature.
Indiana University Press, 1995. First printing. 0253319587 viii/358 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.75", is bound in fuchsia cloth, with stamped silver lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are like new. Names of previous owners appear discreetly stamped in upper outside corner of front flyleaf. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover.
"There is no greater challenge to a translator than the rendering of Chinese, ancient or modern, into English. In this fascinating volume, world-famous scholar-translators talk about their craft from a variety of points of view, confronting key issues of both general and specific nature and imparting some of their joys and the successes which can be achieved.
The contributors are Cyril Birch, William H. Nienhauser, Jr., David R. Knechtges, Richard B. Mather, Glen Dudbridge, James I. Crump, Jr., Robert Joe Cutter and William G. Crowell, Stephen H. West, John Minford, Dominic Cheung, Joseph S. M. Lau, Victor H. Mair, David D. W. Wang, Michelle Yeh, Eugene Eoyang, Ching-hsi Peng, and John J. Deeney."