Description:
This book focuses on a long-neglected yet important topic in China's translation history: interpreter/translator training and wartime translation studies. It examines the military interpreter training programmes after the outbreak of the Pacific War (1941-1945), revealing the indispensable role of translation and interpreting in war.
Review Quotes:
"A fascinating and detailed account of interpreting/translation in China during World War Two. In bringing to life the stories of translation/interpreting trainees, it makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the political context, to languages at war studies, and to the history of translation/interpreting."
Hilary Footitt, Associate Fellow, Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, U.K.
"Combining new research methodologies on wartime language education and drawing on a vast number of first-hand materials which bring us close to trainees' memories and to the stories of interpreting officers, this is a groundbreaking contribution to the field of war interpreting studies. An innovative and interdisciplinary volume that explores China's translation and interpreting history between 1937 and 1945 and presents a rigorous investigation on Chinese military interpreter training programmes after the outbreak of the Pacific War. No doubt, this book is an outstanding contribution to explore the vital role of languages at war."
África Vidal, Full Professor of Translation Studies, University of Salamanca, Spain