Surviving in violent conflicts : Chinese interpreters in the second Sino-Japanese War 1931-1945 /: Chinese interpreters in the second Sino-Japanese War 1931-1945. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ting Guo.
• Other Names: Guo, Ting, 1952-
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures and Tables; 1: Introduction; 1.1 Interpreters' Role and€Agency in€Wars; 1.2 Loyalty and€Identity: Hanjian Interpreters in€the€War; 1.3 Interpreter Training in€Wars; 1.4 A Bourdieusian Approach to€Studies of€Wartime Interpreters; 2: Responsibility and€Accountability: Military Interpreters and€the€Chinese Kuomintang Government; 2.1 Interpreters and€the€Changing Field; 2.1.1 Chinese/Japanese Interpreters; 2.2 The KMT's Military Interpreters during the€War. 2.2.1 Chinese/German Interpreters and€Sino-German Cooperation in€the€1930s2.2.2 Chinese/Russian Interpreters; 2.2.3 Chinese/English Military Interpreters; The Multiple Roles of€Chinese/English Military Interpreters; Interpreter Position-taking in€the€Field; Training and€Interpreters' Professional Habitus; 2.3 A Case Study of€University Students as€Military Interpreters; 2.4 Conclusions; 3: Political Beliefs or Practical Gains?: Interpreting for€the€Chinese Communist Party; 3.1 Chinese/Russian Interpreters; 3.1.1 Comintern Agents and€the€Students Returned from€Russia. 3.1.2 A Speculative Stake: Training Chinese/Russian Interpreters in€the€1940s3.2 An Unexpected Stake in€the€Field; 3.2.1 The Visit of€Western Journalists and€the€US Dixie Mission; 3.2.2 From Interpreters to€Diplomats; 3.3 Conclusions; 4: Interpreting for€the€Enemy: Collaborating Interpreters and€the€Japanese Forces; 4.1 Hanjian: Collaborating Interpreters; 4.2 Japanese Recruitment of€Chinese Interpreters; 4.2.1 The Japanese-Returned Interpreters; 4.2.2 Locally Trained Interpreters: Forced Japanese Language Education and€Linguistic Habitus; 4.3 Interpreter Embodiment. 4.3.1 Fake Interpreters4.3.2 Interpreters' Border-crossing Strategies; 4.4 Conclusions; 5: A Case Study of€Two Interpreters: Xia Wenyun and€Yan Jiarui; 5.1 Xia Wenyun: Interpreter as€a€Double Agent; 5.1.1 A Brief Biography of€Xia Wenyun; 5.1.2 Xia's Social Capital and€Stake in€the€Field; 5.2 Yan Jiarui: A€Trained KMT Military Interpreter; 5.3 Conclusions; 6: Conclusion; Appendix: Chronology of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-45); List of References; Unpublished Sources; General Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 951.05; Linguistics; Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1931-1933; Translators -- China -- History -- 20th century; HISTORY -- Asia -- China; Translators; Chinesen; Dolmetscher; Selbstschutz; Ethik; History -- Asia -- General; History -- Military -- General; History -- Modern -- General; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Translating & Interpreting; Asian history; Military history; History: earliest times to present day; Translation & interpretation; Translating and interpreting; Military history; History, Modern; China; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137461193; 1137461195
• Related ISBNs: 9781137461186; 1137461187
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 7, 2016).
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