Martha P Y Cheung
Biographic Data
| ID | 698439 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martha P Y Cheung |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martha P Y |
| FAMILY NAME | Cheung |
| SIGNATURE | CHEUNG M P Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hong Kong Baptist University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Reconceptualizing Translation - Some Chinese Endeavours1
This article examines, in the context of Chinese discourse on translation, a phenomenon observable in translation studies in the Euro-American world in the last few decades, namely the reconceptualization of translation. Based on historical research, the article shows that in different periods in the history of translation in China, there have been repeated attempts to respond to the realities of translation of the time by offering new (as oppose…
The (un)importance of flagging Chineseness
Contemporary discourses on translation on the Chinese mainland have often broken into fierce argument about the need to develop a translation studies with distinct Chinese characteristics. Such a discussion might strike scholars outside China as bizarre. Shouldn't scholarly pursuit be objective, disinterested and free from the trappings of ethnicity, nationality, language and so on? Why should the world pay any attention to a local debate? This a…
From 'theory' to 'discourse
How translatable are concepts across cultures? How do translated concepts interact with the receiving culture's repertoire of concepts and influence its prevailing mode of thinking? How do translated concepts, specifically concepts of category of knowledge such as 'science', 'philosophy', 'religion', etc., have an impact on the receiving culture's existing body of knowledge? This paper explores the above questions with reference to an anthology c…
An Oxford Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Drama
Translation and power
Developments in post‐structuralist theories and post‐colonial theories have led to an exploration of the issue of translation and power in Translation Studies in the last few decades. The mimetic approach towards translation, which sees translation as a mere copy of, and therefore subservient to, the original, has gone out of critical favour. Researchers are focusing their attention on the power relationships within textual practice that can be d…
An Oxford Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Drama
Reconceptualizing Translation - Some Chinese Endeavours1
This article examines, in the context of Chinese discourse on translation, a phenomenon observable in translation studies in the Euro-American world in the last few decades, namely the reconceptualization of translation. Based on historical research, the article shows that in different periods in the history of translation in China, there have been repeated attempts to respond to the realities of translation of the time by offering new (as oppose…
The (un)importance of flagging Chineseness
Contemporary discourses on translation on the Chinese mainland have often broken into fierce argument about the need to develop a translation studies with distinct Chinese characteristics. Such a discussion might strike scholars outside China as bizarre. Shouldn't scholarly pursuit be objective, disinterested and free from the trappings of ethnicity, nationality, language and so on? Why should the world pay any attention to a local debate? This a…
Translation and power
Developments in post‐structuralist theories and post‐colonial theories have led to an exploration of the issue of translation and power in Translation Studies in the last few decades. The mimetic approach towards translation, which sees translation as a mere copy of, and therefore subservient to, the original, has gone out of critical favour. Researchers are focusing their attention on the power relationships within textual practice that can be d…
Translation and power
Developments in post‐structuralist theories and post‐colonial theories have led to an exploration of the issue of translation and power in Translation Studies in the last few decades. The mimetic approach towards translation, which sees translation as a mere copy of, and therefore subservient to, the original, has gone out of critical favour. Researchers are focusing their attention on the power relationships within textual practice that can be d…
An Oxford Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Drama
An Oxford Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Drama
From 'theory' to 'discourse
How translatable are concepts across cultures? How do translated concepts interact with the receiving culture's repertoire of concepts and influence its prevailing mode of thinking? How do translated concepts, specifically concepts of category of knowledge such as 'science', 'philosophy', 'religion', etc., have an impact on the receiving culture's existing body of knowledge? This paper explores the above questions with reference to an anthology c…
The (un)importance of flagging Chineseness
Contemporary discourses on translation on the Chinese mainland have often broken into fierce argument about the need to develop a translation studies with distinct Chinese characteristics. Such a discussion might strike scholars outside China as bizarre. Shouldn't scholarly pursuit be objective, disinterested and free from the trappings of ethnicity, nationality, language and so on? Why should the world pay any attention to a local debate? This a…
Reconceptualizing Translation - Some Chinese Endeavours1
This article examines, in the context of Chinese discourse on translation, a phenomenon observable in translation studies in the Euro-American world in the last few decades, namely the reconceptualization of translation. Based on historical research, the article shows that in different periods in the history of translation in China, there have been repeated attempts to respond to the realities of translation of the time by offering new (as oppose…
History (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Translation studies (3 works) · Translation Studies and Practices (3 works)