English-Chinese Translation as Conquest and Resistance in the Late Qing 1811-1911
Author | : Xiaojia Huang |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 109 |
Release | : 2019-05-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789811375729 |
ISBN-13 | : 9811375720 |
Rating | : 4/5 (720 Downloads) |
Download or read book English-Chinese Translation as Conquest and Resistance in the Late Qing 1811-1911 written by Xiaojia Huang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-11 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how translation facilitated the Western conquest of China and how it was in turn employed by the Chinese as a weapon to resist the invasion in the late Qing 1811-1911. It brings out the question on the role of translation as part of the Western conquest of Late Qing China, with special attention drawn to the deceptions and manipulations in the translation of the Sino-foreign unequal treaties signed during 1840-1911. The readers will benefit from the assertion that translation did not remain innocent, but rather became intermingled with power abuses in the Chinese milieu as well.