Liping Bai
Biographic Data
| ID | 5743245 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Liping Bai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Liping |
| FAMILY NAME | Bai |
| SIGNATURE | BAI L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lingnan University |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-2626-2593 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The translator's social networks in literary translation
This paper examines the role of translator's social networks in literary translation through a case study of Nicky Harman's translation of Jia Pingwa's novel Gaoxing 高兴 (literally meaning “Happy”). Jia is one of the most prominent contemporary Chinese writers, and his novel Gaoxing depicts the lives of migrant workers in Xi'an with extensive use of Shaanxi dialect and culture-specific terms. From a sociological approach of translator studies, thi…
Bloglator in the era of social media
While extensive research exists on blogs, news-related blog translation has been relatively unexplored. This study delves into the realm of news-related blog translation through the case of What's on Weibo (hereafter WoW), an independent English-language news-related website that reports trending topics on Weibo. Given the unique nature of blog translation, the term bloglator is proposed to refer to a blog translator. By analyzing the reports rel…
Translating Chinese culture into English
Since the 1990s, there has been a significant change of the form of patronage in translating Chinese culture into English, that is, from sole patronage by one Chinese organization to joint patronage by both Chinese and Western institutions. This article investigates the advantages of joint patronage and whether it can remedy the shortcomings of sole patronage in translating Chinese culture for a Western audience through a case study of ‘Culture a…
Re-envisioning Manchu and Qing History
Translator’s Ideology, Dominant Ideology and the Use of Pseudonym
This article seeks to decipher the intricate relationship between translation, the translator’s ideology, the dominant ideology, and the use of pseudonym. It does so through analyzing Liang Shiqiu’s Chinese version of George Orwell’s political satire Animal Farm, written under the pen name of Li Qichun. We will investigate the similarities and differences between Liang’s translations under the pseudonym and the ones written under his real name. I…
Readers, reading and reception of translated fiction in Chinese
Bai reviews the book Readers, reading and reception of translated fiction in Chinese: Novel encounters, by Leo Tak-Hung Chan
Serena Jin Sheng Hwa 金聖華
Bai reviews the book Renshi fanyi zhen mianmu (認識翻譯真面目) (Knowing translation’s true face), by Serena Jin Sheng Hwa (金聖華)
Translator studies’
Liang Shiqiu is a prominent translator in 20 th century China. This article offers an analysis of his direct and indirect discourse on translation. It demonstrates that Liang’s discourse on translation, including attitudes to and functions of translation, faithfulness and appropriate degree of literalism, is in line with his discourse on literature, culture and some traditional Confucian ideas like ‘cheng’, ‘li’ and ‘zhongyong’. It is fascinating…
Zhongguo foji yilun xuanji pingzhu (An anthology of essays on Buddhist sutra translation in China, with annotations and commentaries)
Bai reviews the book Zhongguo foji yilun xuanji pingzhu 中國佛籍釋論選輯評注 (An anthology of essays on Buddhist sutra translation in China, with annotations and commentaries), edited by Chu Chi Yu and Zhu Xiaonong
Patronage as ‘a productive network’ in translation
Patronage is an important social and literary phenomenon widely discussed in various fields of the humanities and the social sciences. Lefevere considers patronage as'something like powers (persons, institutions) that can further or hinder the reading, writing, and rewriting of literature' and points out that it is important to understand power in the Foucaultian sense. According to Foucault, power is ‘much more than a negative instance whose fun…
Translating Chinese culture into English
Since the 1990s, there has been a significant change of the form of patronage in translating Chinese culture into English, that is, from sole patronage by one Chinese organization to joint patronage by both Chinese and Western institutions. This article investigates the advantages of joint patronage and whether it can remedy the shortcomings of sole patronage in translating Chinese culture for a Western audience through a case study of ‘Culture a…
Patronage as ‘a productive network’ in translation
Patronage is an important social and literary phenomenon widely discussed in various fields of the humanities and the social sciences. Lefevere considers patronage as'something like powers (persons, institutions) that can further or hinder the reading, writing, and rewriting of literature' and points out that it is important to understand power in the Foucaultian sense. According to Foucault, power is ‘much more than a negative instance whose fun…
Patronage as ‘a productive network’ in translation
Patronage is an important social and literary phenomenon widely discussed in various fields of the humanities and the social sciences. Lefevere considers patronage as'something like powers (persons, institutions) that can further or hinder the reading, writing, and rewriting of literature' and points out that it is important to understand power in the Foucaultian sense. According to Foucault, power is ‘much more than a negative instance whose fun…
Serena Jin Sheng Hwa 金聖華
Bai reviews the book Renshi fanyi zhen mianmu (認識翻譯真面目) (Knowing translation’s true face), by Serena Jin Sheng Hwa (金聖華)
Translator studies’
Liang Shiqiu is a prominent translator in 20 th century China. This article offers an analysis of his direct and indirect discourse on translation. It demonstrates that Liang’s discourse on translation, including attitudes to and functions of translation, faithfulness and appropriate degree of literalism, is in line with his discourse on literature, culture and some traditional Confucian ideas like ‘cheng’, ‘li’ and ‘zhongyong’. It is fascinating…
Zhongguo foji yilun xuanji pingzhu (An anthology of essays on Buddhist sutra translation in China, with annotations and commentaries)
Bai reviews the book Zhongguo foji yilun xuanji pingzhu 中國佛籍釋論選輯評注 (An anthology of essays on Buddhist sutra translation in China, with annotations and commentaries), edited by Chu Chi Yu and Zhu Xiaonong
Readers, reading and reception of translated fiction in Chinese
Bai reviews the book Readers, reading and reception of translated fiction in Chinese: Novel encounters, by Leo Tak-Hung Chan
Translator’s Ideology, Dominant Ideology and the Use of Pseudonym
This article seeks to decipher the intricate relationship between translation, the translator’s ideology, the dominant ideology, and the use of pseudonym. It does so through analyzing Liang Shiqiu’s Chinese version of George Orwell’s political satire Animal Farm, written under the pen name of Li Qichun. We will investigate the similarities and differences between Liang’s translations under the pseudonym and the ones written under his real name. I…
Re-envisioning Manchu and Qing History
Translating Chinese culture into English
Since the 1990s, there has been a significant change of the form of patronage in translating Chinese culture into English, that is, from sole patronage by one Chinese organization to joint patronage by both Chinese and Western institutions. This article investigates the advantages of joint patronage and whether it can remedy the shortcomings of sole patronage in translating Chinese culture for a Western audience through a case study of ‘Culture a…
Bloglator in the era of social media
While extensive research exists on blogs, news-related blog translation has been relatively unexplored. This study delves into the realm of news-related blog translation through the case of What's on Weibo (hereafter WoW), an independent English-language news-related website that reports trending topics on Weibo. Given the unique nature of blog translation, the term bloglator is proposed to refer to a blog translator. By analyzing the reports rel…
The translator's social networks in literary translation
This paper examines the role of translator's social networks in literary translation through a case study of Nicky Harman's translation of Jia Pingwa's novel Gaoxing 高兴 (literally meaning “Happy”). Jia is one of the most prominent contemporary Chinese writers, and his novel Gaoxing depicts the lives of migrant workers in Xi'an with extensive use of Shaanxi dialect and culture-specific terms. From a sociological approach of translator studies, thi…
Translation Studies and Practices (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Literature (4 works)