Encountering China's Past [electronic resource] : Translation and Dissemination of Classical Chinese Literature / edited by Lintao Qi, Shani Tobias.

Introduction by Lintao Qi and Shani Tobias -- From Encyclopedia to Pulp Fiction -- How Purpose and Function Has Affected Translation and Subtitling of the Jingju -- The Chinese Vernacular Erotic Novel of the Ming Qing Periods in France by Pierre Kaser -- Lost in Translation -- ­­Monkey's Journey to the West -- Typological Figuration of Mystical Elements in Jesuit Figurists' Re-interpretation of Chinese Classics by Sophie Ling-chia Wei -- Striving for the Original -- A Translational History of The Dream of the Red Chamber in Japan -- How Does David Hawkes Use Rhymes in Translating Poems in Hong Lou Meng.

This book features articles contributed by leading scholars and scholar-translators in Translation Studies and Chinese Studies from around the world. Written in English, the articles examine the translation of classical Chinese literature, from classics to poetry, from drama to fiction, into a range of Asian and European languages including Japanese, English, French, Czech, and Danish. The collection therefore provides a platform for readers to make comparative and critical readings of scholarship across languages, cultures, disciplines, and genres. With its integration of textual and paratextual materials, this collection of essays is of potential interest to not only academics in the area of Translation Studies, Chinese Studies, Literary Studies and Intercultural Communications, but it may also appeal to communities outside the academia who simply enjoy reading about literature.