Dec 12, 2024  
College Catalog 2024-2025 
    
College Catalog 2024-2025

ASIA 352 - Translating Chinese

Cross-Listed as CHIN 352 
What aspects of texts are selected and translated? How is translation conducted, contained, and transformed in larger cultural, social, and historical contexts? What kinds of power dynamics and ideology are involved in the process of translation? This course is to develop a critical awareness of the practice of Chinese-English translation as a cross-cultural dialogue. It will critically examine major concepts and issues such as equivalence, faithfulness, invisibility, etc. Along with different translation theories, the course will follow the chronological order of Chinese literature being translated at different historical periods. Students will learn theories of translation and do hands-on practice in translation. Prerequisite(s): CHIN 305  or its equivalent. Spring semester only. (4 Credits)