The Works of Lin Yutang

Translation and Recognition

Yangyang Long

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9780367492809
• eBook ISBN: 9781000925135
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Languages
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

The Works of Lin Yutang is the first book to provide a comprehensive study of Lin Yutang's translation theory and translated (and written) works in English as a whole, examined from the perspective of his pursuit of recognition of cultural equity between China and the English-speaking world.

The arc of the book is Lin's new method of translating China to the Anglophone world, which is crucial to rendering Chinese culture as an equal member of the modern world. This book identifies Lin's legacy of translation and recognition as his acknowledgement of source and target cultural territories in translation, and at the same time, his questioning of perspectives that privilege the authority of either.

This book will appeal to scholars and students in Translation Studies, World and Comparative Literature, Literary and Cultural Studies, and Chinese Studies. It can also be used as a reference work for practitioners in translation and creative writing.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1 Lin Yutang and his view of recognition
• 2 Translation, literature and philosophy: Lin Yutang’s three pillars and the space of zhongyong
• 3 Translation and war: Lin Yutang’s ‘international contact’ vs. the United States’ isolationism
• 4 Translation and Empire: Lin Yutang’s vision of the new world order after the Second World War
• Conclusion
• Index