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Surviving in Violent Conflicts: Chinese Interpreters in the Second Sino-Japanese War 1931-1945 (Palgrave Studies in Languages at War)
Ting Guo
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Hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Languages at War. Num Pages: 213 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; CFP; HBJF; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 220 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
This book examines the relatively little-known history of interpreting in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-45). Chapters within explore how Chinese interpreters were trained and deployed as an important military and political asset by competing domestic and international powers, including the Chinese Nationalist Government (Kuomingtang), the Chinese Communist Party and Japanese forces. Drawing from a wide range of sources, including archives in mainland China and Taiwan, memoirs and interviews with former military interpreters, it discusses how the interpreting profession was affected by shifts of foreign policy and how interpreters’ professional habitus was formed through their training and interaction with other social ... Read more
This book examines the relatively little-known history of interpreting in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-45). Chapters within explore how Chinese interpreters were trained and deployed as an important military and political asset by competing domestic and international powers, including the Chinese Nationalist Government (Kuomingtang), the Chinese Communist Party and Japanese forces. Drawing from a wide range of sources, including archives in mainland China and Taiwan, memoirs and interviews with former military interpreters, it discusses how the interpreting profession was affected by shifts of foreign policy and how interpreters’ professional habitus was formed through their training and interaction with other social ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Languages at War
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137461186
SKU
V9781137461186
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99-15
About Ting Guo
Ting Guo is Lecturer in the Department of Modern Languages, University of Exeter, UK. A specialist in translation history, she has written widely on the roles of Chinese translators and interpreters in twentieth century China. She has published articles in journals such as Literature Compass, Translation Studies, and Translation Quarterly.
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