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Translating 'Nation' in Late Qing China: The Discourse and Power of Nation in the Remaking of Chinese Society, 1895-1911

Cao, Qing

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A. Almanna
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C.L. Gu
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Abstract

Nation as a translated concept must be understood within this backdrop of rapid, volatile and often violent changes around the turn of the 20th century in the last decade of the Qing Empire. There were two major phases of translation in late Qing, paralleling two waves of external conflicts. The first was the 1860–1900 period, in which a total of 555 books were translated—five times more than the first half of the century. The second phase of translation occurred during the last decade of the Qing Dynasty, from 1900 to the 1911 Xinhai Revolution. It is important to note the conceptual transfer from the West to China, however, is different from other Asian countries. Late Qing anti-establishment forces did not overlook the idea of guomin. Richter argues that the understanding of translation as intercultural communication is flawed by inequalities of power in colonial or semi-colonial settings.

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Cao, Q. (2021). Translating 'Nation' in Late Qing China: The Discourse and Power of Nation in the Remaking of Chinese Society, 1895-1911. In A. Almanna, & C. Gu (Eds.), Translation as a Set of Frames: Ideology, Power, Discourse, Identity & Representation (193-208). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003024828

Acceptance Date Nov 14, 2020
Online Publication Date Jul 15, 2021
Publication Date 2021
Deposit Date Nov 14, 2020
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Publisher Routledge
Pages 193-208
Series Title Routledge Studies in Language and Identity
Edition 1st
Book Title Translation as a Set of Frames: Ideology, Power, Discourse, Identity & Representation
Chapter Number 13
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003024828
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1626962
Publisher URL https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003024828-13/translating-nation-late-qing-china-qing-cao

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Translation as a Set of Frames:
Ideology, Power, Discourse, Identity & Representation on 15 July 2021, available online: http://www.routledge.com/9780367456979




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