On Translations and Translators of I. A. Krylov’s Fables in China

The article gives a overview of translations of I.A. Krylov’s fables in China. The first of them appeared more than 120 years ago, but the real acquaintance of Chinese readers with his work took place in the 1950s because of the translations of Meng Hai and Wu Yan. From the late 1970s to the present, the number of translations and editions of Krylov’s fables has been constantly increasing. Now in China there are more than 300 separate editions of his selected fables and 33 complete collections. At various times, at least 64 translators worked on translations of Krylov’s fables into Chinese, and 15 of them translated all nine books of the collection of his fables (these are Wu Yan, He Shiying, Feng Jia, Gu Yu, Xin Weiai, Han Guiliang, He Maozheng, Pei Jiaqin, Qu Hong, Yue Yan, Shi Guoxiong, Ding Lu, Zhu Xiansheng, Qiu Jingjuan and Yang Jianfeng). Some translations are made in prose, but some in poetry. The article summarizes the history of translations of Krylov’s fables in China and provides information about the most important translations and translators.

Keywords

Krylov, fables, Russian literature in China, translations, translators

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25.08.2021

Publication date

11.03.2022

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19141

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GOST	Pei J. On Translations and Translators of I. A. Krylov’s Fables in China // Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka – 2022. – V. 81. – Issue 1 C. 90-95 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://izv-oifn.ru/S160578800018926-4-1 (circulation date: 03.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S160578800018926-4
MLA	Pei, Jiang "On Translations and Translators of I. A. Krylov’s Fables in China." Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 81.1 (2022):90-95. DOI: 10.31857/S160578800018926-4
APA	Pei J. (2022). On Translations and Translators of I. A. Krylov’s Fables in China. Izvestiia Rossiiskoi akademii nauk. Seriia literatury i iazyka 81(1), pp.90-95 DOI: 10.31857/S160578800018926-4

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