Dong Leshan: A Thinker-Translator

kun YANG

Abstract


The late Mr. Dong Leshan is a well-renowned translator in China. Most of his translated works, like The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Red Star over China, The Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America 1932-1972, and 1984 enjoys a great reputation. This paper reviews and analyzes Dong Leshan’s translation achievements, characteristics and ideas, maintaining that the above mentioned aspects of him make him a thinker-translator. 


Keywords


Dong Leshan; Translator; Characteristics

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/%25x

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