Video: Sinophone Translation Series
The Cambria Sinophone Translation Series is committed to bringing high-quality works from all areas of the Sinophone world into English translation.
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Why Marshall Poe Decided to Write a Book on the My Lai Massacre
“These considerations—anomalies, really—led me to take a deeper look at ‘the literature’ or, more specifically, at how these myths about My Lai gained currency.”
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Book Excerpt: “Cultural Exchanges and Colonial Legacies in Latin America: German Romanticism in Chile, 1800–1899” by Miguel Gaete
“Of the Romantics under consideration in this book, Philippi and Simon directly engaged with the German colony to such an extent that a significant part of the artworks they made in Chile responded to the specific needs and demands of their fellow citizens.”
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Book Excerpt: “Planning War with a Nuclear China: US Military Strategy and Mainland Strikes” by John Speed Meyers
The following is an excerpt from Planning War with a Nuclear China: US Military Strategy and Mainland Strikes by John Speed Meyers. In response to the growth of the Chinese military and the perception of a military balance tilting in favor of China, American strategists have devised and compared a number of…
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Book Excerpt: “Warrior Diplomats: Civil Affairs Forces on the Front Lines” edited by Arnel David, Sean Acosta, and Nicholas Krohley.
“As the United State rebalances and refocuses within a new strategic paradigm, it is vital that the US military rediscovers the value of Civil Affairs—and that Civil Affairs itself is ready to rise to the challenge.”
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Book Excerpt: “The Next Major War: Can the US and its Allies Win Against China?” by Ross Babbage
“A key part of China’s approach involves seizing the initiative early, mobilizing a very wide range of instruments in multiple domains, and striving to undermine, cripple, and divide opponents and win a superior position before launching any kinetic operations.”
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Book Excerpt: “Staging for the Emperors: A History of Qing Court Theatre, 1683–1923” by Liana Chen
“Far from static or stale, these rites and rituals were intimately connected to the display of power and processes of empowerment.”
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Mo Yan Speaks: On politics, literature, translators, and more
“Writers have to activate all their senses, including taste, sight, sound, and touch, as well as other mysterious senses absent from the usual list.”
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Book Excerpt: “The Existentialist Vision of Haruki Murakami” by Michael Ackland
Haruki Murakami has often been accused of being a feckless, merely popular writer, but in this study Michael Ackland demonstrates that this is not the case, arguing that Murakami has not only assimilated the existentialist heritage but innovatively changed and revitalized it, thereby placing exciting personal possibilities within the reach…
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Book Excerpt: “The Legend of Prince Golden Calf in China and Korea” by Wilt Idema
“This book—the first on the historical development of the legend of the golden calf—is yet another contribution to the extraordinary list of important works that Professor Idema has analyzed and translated into English for a global readership.” Anne McLaren of the University of Melbourne wrote this of Wilt Idema’s The…
