Chapter 2. Chinese Translation of Buddhist Terminology: Language and Culture

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Contributors ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1. Cultural and Historical Perspectives on Translation in China 13
7. Chapter 2. Chinese Translation of Buddhist Terminology: Language and Culture 39
8. Chapter 3. Transformer Sinicized and the Making of Chinese Buddhist Parlance 52
9. Chapter 4. The Art of Misreading: An Analysis of the Jesuit ‘Fables’ in Late Ming China 71
10. Chapter 5. The Cultural Politics of Translating Kunqu, the National Heritage 95
11. Chapter 6. Cooperative Translation Models: Rediscovering Ezra Pound’s Approach to Classical Chinese Poetry 110
12. Chapter 7. Ideology and Literary Translation: A Brief Discussion on Liang Qi-chao’s Translation Practice 124
13. Chapter 8. Translating Modernity Towards Translating China 135
14. Chapter 9. ‘Authenticity’ and Foreignizing Translation 157
15. Chapter 10. Representation, Intervention and Mediation: A Translation Anthologist’s Reflections on the Complexities of Translating China 171
16. Chapter 11. Translating for the Future: Some Reflections on Making A Dictionary of Translation Technology 189
17. Chapter 12. Translating Alien Sources from and into Chinese: What does the Translator do, and why? 207
18. Index 233