China's First Encounter with the West : Sinocentrism vs. Logocentrism in Translation

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• China experienced its first encounter with the West through missionary-convert translation 400 years ago, which turned out to be a historical failure. A textual examination of the failed translation reveals gaps, compromises, and ironies resulting from linguistic and cultural divides. At a deeper level, however, it shows that what caused the failure was Sinocentrism and Logocentrism - two masters the missionaries and the converts found impossible to serve, and two forces that were beyond any mediation. This brief encounter may well serve as a lesson for the current engagement between China and the West, each of which is trying to "translate" the other from similar Sinocentric and Logocentric mentalities.

• 名古屋商科大学の論文

著者

• Guo Yangsheng

  名古屋商科大学

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