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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787159503321

Autore

Wong Laurence K. P.

Titolo

Dreaming across languages and cultures : a study ofthe literary translations of the Hong lou meng / / by Laurence K. P. Wong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-6828-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (541 p.)

Disciplina

448.0221

Soggetti

English language - Translating into French

French language - Translating into English

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE ON ROMANIZATION; NOTE ON ABBREVIATIONS; NOTE ON GLOSSING; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT

Sommario/riassunto

Dreaming across Languages and Cultures: A Study of the Literary Translations of the Hong lou meng (also called The Dream of the Red Chamber, Red Chamber Dream, or The Story of the Stone) is a groundbreaking monograph in translation studies. Integrating theory with practice, it examines, analyses, compares, and evaluates 14 versions of the greatest Chinese novel in five major European languages, namely, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. In this study, translation, linguistic, lite...