Translation as Cultural Negotiation
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Categories:
- Arts
October 13, 2016
Author and translator Ken Liu discusses the origin of Chinese science fiction through the translation of western books, and his own translation of the Hugo-award winning novel The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin. Liu will also provide some background on translation theory and the modern conception of translation as a matter of cultural negotiation.
Woolley Room, Mary Lyon Hall, 12:30 p.m.
