Strategies and Skills of Cross-Cultural Communication in the Activities of Translating and Researching the Texts or Extracts from The Peking Gazette: The Case of The Chinese Repository

WANG Hai WANG Le

Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2014, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (10) : 62-81.

Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication ›› 2014, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (10) : 62-81.

Strategies and Skills of Cross-Cultural Communication in the Activities of Translating and Researching the Texts or Extracts from The Peking Gazette: The Case of The Chinese Repository

  • Wang Hai is a professor and Master’s advisor at School of Interpreting and Translation Studies in Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. His research interests include international communication and translation, Chinese and foreign journalism history. Email: Wanghai_68@163.com Wang Le is an undergraduate student at School of English for International Business in Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.
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In the first half of 19th century, it was a rule that the foreigners in China read, translated and researched the texts or extracts from The Peking Gazette in order to comprehend the social state in China. To analyze and summarize the translation strategies and skills in The Peking Gazette’s English versions from The Chinese Repository, as the authors point out, is a base to make further research on the translation and interpreting activities and the cross-cultural communication of foreigners in China in 19th century.

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The Peking Gazette / translation into English / The Chinese Repository / cross-cultural communication / translation strategies and skills

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WANG Hai WANG Le. Strategies and Skills of Cross-Cultural Communication in the Activities of Translating and Researching the Texts or Extracts from The Peking Gazette: The Case of The Chinese Repository[J]. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication. 2014, 36(10): 62-81

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