Perceptions of translating/interpreting in first-century China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6152260 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rachel Lung (0000-0002-5379-5236, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 119-136 |
| Publication date | 2009-09-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Interpreting International Journal of Research and Practice in Interpreting (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1384-6647 • E-ISSN: 1569-982X |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/intp.11.2.02lun |
| OpenAlex | W2087838746 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article analyzes evidence of translating and interpreting activities (indiscriminately referred to as yi (譯), which also denotes translators or interpreters in classical Chinese) in first-century China between the Latter Han (25–220 AD) Chinese administration and non-Han Chinese minority tribes along the then Southwestern frontier (modern Yunnan and Sichuan provinces). The importance of this archival record to the historical study of translation and interpreting is two-fold. First, it contains crucial details pertinent to translating and interpreting activities in China in antiquity. Second, it documents concepts of yi synchronically, as perceived by three main participants in the interpreting events: the emperor, the frontier inspector, and the frontier clerk cum interpreter. The presentation of what they actually wrote, said, and did in the first-century interpreting setting in China, with close reference to standard histories, objectively depicts the meanings of yi as perceived by these figures at the time
Ancient history · Archaeology · China · Emperor · Frontier · Interpreter · Linguistics · Presentation (obstetrics · Chinese history and philosophy · Computer Science · History · Medicine · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |