Surviving in Violent Conflicts - Chinese Interpreters in the Second Sino-Japanese War 1931-1945 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book examines the relatively little-known history of interpreting in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-45). Chapters within explore how Chinese interpreters were trained and deployed as an important military and political asset by competing domestic and international powers, including the Chinese Nationalist Government (Kuomingtang), the Chinese Communist Party and Japanese forces. Drawing from a wide range of sources, including archives in mainland China and Taiwan, memoirs and interviews with former military interpreters, it discusses how the interpreting profession was affected by shifts of foreign policy and how interpreters' professional habitus was formed through their training and interaction with other social agents and institutions. By investigating individual interpreters' career development and border-crossing strategies, it questions the assumption of interpreting as an exclusive profession and highlights interpreters' active position-taking as a strategy of self-protection, a route to power, or just a chance of a better life.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Languages at War
Release date:	October 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	Ting Guo
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	200
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-46118-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Translation & interpretation > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Promotions
LSN:	1-137-46118-7
Barcode:	9781137461186

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