(Source: Guangming.com-Academic Channel 2024-05-27)
In August 2022, the English translation of The Chinese War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression 1931-1945: A World History Perspective (hereinafter referred to as the "English translation") translated by the team of Professor Feng Jieyun of the w88 casino was officially published by the British academic publishing company Paths International Ltd. The translation is divided into two volumes, with a total of 480,000 words. This translation project was supported by the Chinese Academic Foreign Translation Project of the National Social Science Foundation.
The original book "The Historical Position of China's Anti-Fascist w88 sports betting in the World Anti-Fascist w88 sports betting" was written by a team led by Professor Hu Dekun, a historian and former president of the Chinese Society for the History of World w88 sports betting II. It is an academic monograph that systematically studies the relationship between China and the world during the Anti-Fascist w88 sports betting. The original work is condensed on the basis of the nine-volume work "Research on China and the World during the Anti-Fascist w88 sports betting" with 3.27 million words.
People of insight at home and abroad emphasize the need to more fully understand China’s significant contribution in World w88 sports betting II. Professor Hu Dekun, the original author, pointed out that after World w88 sports betting II, China became the main target of the West’s Cold w88 sports betting against the East. Therefore, the West deliberately ignored, belittled, and belittled China’s role in the world’s anti-fascist w88 sports betting. The Western historical narrative of World w88 sports betting II has always been one-sided and failed to truthfully reflect China's contribution in World w88 sports betting II. This is extremely unfair. In addition, Professor Rana Mitte, former director of the China Studies Center at Oxford University, wrote in "China, the Forgotten Ally" that China fought hard in World w88 sports betting II not only for national dignity and survival, but also for the victory of all Allied Powers. It was during World w88 sports betting II that East and West came together to fight against the darkest forces of evil in history. Professor Mitt also pointed out that many Westerners, including many Westerners who are familiar with the history of World w88 sports betting II, know very little about China’s w88 sports betting of Resistance. They often feel that China was not an important participant in World w88 sports betting II; China's role was negligible; China's Anti-Japanese w88 sports betting was only a small event and had little impact on the overall w88 sports betting situation. But in fact, China’s contribution to World w88 sports betting II during the Anti-Japanese w88 sports betting was extremely important, and the Western world should know more about this period of history.
The English translation team adheres to the purpose of showing the lofty historical status of China's Anti-Japanese w88 sports betting to the West, and translates it with a true and pragmatic attitude, effectively conveying the position of the original work. In order to improve the acceptance of the translated work by Western readers, the translation team fully considered the cultural background of Western readers, the differences between Chinese and English language conversion, and the stylistic characteristics of historical treatises when translating. The original work is rich in historical documents and has many direct quotations, making translation extremely difficult. The translation team worked tirelessly to verify the quotations and proper nouns in the book one by one, such as names of people, military ranks, places, institutions, conferences, treaties, etc., in order to restore the true face of history. When translating vocabulary about major events, battles, and tactics during the Anti-Japanese w88 sports betting in the book, the translation team referred to the "A Concise Reader on the History of the Chinese Anti-Japanese w88 sports betting" published by the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau, discussed translation methods in different contexts, and finally determined the translation method of relevant vocabulary to make the translation accurate, unified, and flexible.
It needs special emphasis that the translation team titled the English version of the book "The Chinese w88 sports betting of Resistance against Japanese Aggression 1931-1945: A World History Perspective". Compared with the original English translation of the Chinese original book “The Historic Position of China’s Anti-Japanese Aggressive w88 sports betting in the World’s Anti-Fascist w88 sports betting”, the new English title has major changes and adjustments in two aspects.
First of all, the title of the translated book adds the time expression "1931-1945", which highlights the important historical fact of China's "Fourteen Years of Anti-Japanese w88 sports betting". In their speeches at many conferences commemorating the victory of the Chinese People’s w88 sports betting of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist w88 sports betting, party and state leaders regarded the w88 sports betting of Resistance after the September 18th Incident as the starting point of China’s w88 sports betting of Resistance against Japan and the fourteen-year w88 sports betting of Resistance as a whole. The "Fourteen Years of Anti-Fascist w88 sports betting" examines China's Anti-Japanese w88 sports betting in the context of the world's anti-fascist w88 sports betting and emphasizes the fact that China was the country that started the earliest and longest-lasting anti-fascist w88 sports betting in the world. For a long time, most Western scholars believed that the World Anti-Fascist w88 sports betting began with Germany's invasion of Poland in September 1939, but ignored that China had already begun its long-term Anti-Japanese w88 sports betting and the World Anti-Fascist w88 sports betting since 1931. The English translation of the book's title highlights the time span of "Fourteen Years of Anti-Japanese w88 sports betting" and emphasizes that China was the first country in the world to open an anti-fascist battlefield in World w88 sports betting II, which helps correct the vague and inaccurate understanding of this in the Western world.
Secondly, the expression "China's Resistance w88 sports betting" in the English translation of the book's title is defined as "the Chinese w88 sports betting of Resistance against Japanese Aggression". This statement is based on the terminology guidelines established by the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau and aims to correct the West's vague understanding of the justice of China's w88 sports betting of resistance. Western countries generally refer to "China's Anti-Japanese w88 sports betting" as "the Second Sino-Japanese w88 sports betting". This statement obscures the basic historical fact that Japan is the aggressor and China is the just party, and obliterates the justice of China's w88 sports betting of Resistance and the huge sacrifices made by the Chinese people in the w88 sports betting of Resistance. It should be noted that the Anti-Japanese w88 sports betting should not be literally translated as "the Anti-Japanese w88 sports betting" (meaning "the w88 sports betting against Japan"). This expression is ambiguous and may cause Western readers to understand the Anti-Japanese w88 sports betting as a w88 sports betting between China and Japan, rather than a just "resistance to aggression." "Resistance" clearly indicates the positive connotation of "resistance to aggression." Therefore, the Chinese w88 sports betting of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is translated as "the Chinese w88 sports betting of Resistance against Japanese Aggression" to emphasize that China is waging a just w88 sports betting. This is not only a matter of accuracy of translation, but also a matter of stance and attitude.
In a word, China should not become a forgotten anti-fascist ally. The publication of the English translation is committed to reducing the one-sided understanding of China's Anti-Japanese w88 sports betting by the international community, especially Western countries, and deepening their understanding of China's status and role in the anti-fascist w88 sports betting. Although history is long, contributions and meritorious deeds should always be remembered. Only by correctly understanding history can we cherish world peace and create a better future together.
Author: Feng Jieyun (Professor of the w88 casino of English, w88 casino, doctoral supervisor of "Cross-Cultural Studies", Director of the Institute of Business English)(Tang Jielin, a graduate student at the w88 casino of English, w88 casino, also contributed to this article)
