This collection of papers from the first and second international conferences with the above title explores why early sinologists chose certain works for transl

This book is a biography of a remarkable Scottish missionary worker, Alexander Wylie, a classical nineteenth century artisan and autodidact with a gift and pass

This edited volume investigates translations from the languages of China into the languages of Western societies, from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Rather th

Against the historical background of Chinese translation in the West and the emergence of several prominent European translators of China, this book examines th

This book reconstructs Benjamin Bowen Carter’s (1771–1831) experience learning Chinese in Canton, describes his interactions with European sinologists, trac