Translation in Communist China: Using 'the First National Conference of Translation' as an Example

• Main Author: 崔峰 Cui Feng
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Translation activities; Ideology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84057; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42911
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

China was in the firm grip of the communist ideology from the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on October 1, 1949 to the eve of the Cultural Revolution in 1966. With the communist ideology looming large in the background, literary translation during this period was greatly influenced...