Chinese literature in translation

Bible translations into Chinese include

Translations of the whole or parts of the Bible into any of the levels and varieties of the Chinese language.The first translations may have been made as early as the 7th century AD

But the first printed translations appeared only in the nineteenth century.Progress on a modern translation was encumbered by denominational rivalries

1. Theological clashes
2. Linguistic disputes

And practical challenges at least until the publication of the Protestant Chinese Union Version in 1919

Which became the basis of standard versions in use today.

Chinese Literature

In some years Chinese Literature:

1. Fiction
2. Poetry
3. Art

Was an English-language literary magazine of Chinese literature in translation.It was founded in 1951 by Yeh Chun-chan (叶君健)

1. Sidney Shapiro
2. Yang Xianyi

And Gladys Yang.The headquarters was in Beijing.In 1956

Chinese Literature was incorporated into the state-run Foreign Languages Press.Publication ceased in 2000

But newer contents appeared on its website for a time.

The University of Oklahoma Bizzell Memorial Libraries Chinese Literature Translation Archive (CLTA) provides both scholars and students with a wide range of rare books

1. Translation drafts
2. Correspondence
3. Notes
4. Ephemera

And more documentation that helps users to have a deeper understanding of Chinese Literature.CLTA contains more than 14

000 volumes and numerous documents from many famous translators including :

1. Howard Goldblatt
2. Wolfgang Kubin
3. Arthur Waley

And Wai-lim Yip.Jonathan Stalling is the curator of Chinese Literature Translation Archive.

Chinese translation theory was born out of contact with vassal states during the Zhou Dynasty.It developed through translations of Buddhist scripture into Chinese.It is a response to the universals of the experience of translation and to the specifics of the experience of translating from specific source languages into Chinese.It also developed in the context of Chinese literary and intellectual tradition.

Taiwanese literature refers to the literature written by Taiwanese in any language ever used in Taiwan

1. Including :
2. Japanese

Taiwanese Han and Austronesian languages.