Rendering Chinese Classics into English I

This first volume of a three-volume encyclopedic set explores Chinese-English translation through Chinese cultural perspectives and modern translation theories.

Pan Wenguo is a tenured professor and a doctoral supervisor at East China Normal University. He is also the honorary president of the China Association for Comparative Studies between English and Chinese. As a renowned linguist, bilingual expert, and senior translator with international recognition, Professor Pan has made significant contributions to diverse fields: Chinese-English contrastive studies, Sinogram ontology, Middle Chinese rhyme tables, history of Chinese word formation, naming conventions across cultures, Western translation theory, translating practice, philosophical linguistics, teaching Chinese as a foreign language, and promoting Chinese culture globally.

Part I. The System and Core Focus of Chinese Culture 1. The System of Chinese Culture 2. The Way of Governance: The Core Focus of Chinese Culture 3. The Structure of Chinese Culture and Recommended Books for Reading Part II. New Thoughts for Rendering Chinese Classics into English 4. Translation into and out of One's Mother-Tongue and a Defence for the Latter 5. The Current Model and a New Approach to Translation 6. The Translation of Terminology: Divisions of Jing and Shi 7. The Translation of Terminology: Divisions of Zi and Ji Part III. The Wenzhang Theory of Translation 8. Translation Theory with Chinese Characteristics 9. Translation Theories and Their Cultural Background 10. Why Is It Called the Wenzhang Theory of Translation? 11. The Theory of "Dao" and "Qi" of the Wenzhang Theory of Translation I 12. The Theory of "Dao" and "Qi" of the Wenzhang Theory of Translation II