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  • Translation Studies on Chinese Films and TV Shows

    Edited by Feng Yue ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book explores translation strategies for films and TV programs. On the basis of case studies on subtitle translations, it argues that translators are expected to take into consideration not only linguistic and cultural differences but also the limits of time and space. Based on the editor’s experience working as a translator for TV, journalist, and narrator, this book proposes employing ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Tea Poetry and Tea Tao in Song Dynasty

    by Jie Huang ...
    Translated by Hanxiong Zhu, Yan Jiang, Kaixuan Wang ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book systematically explores the tea culture in the tea poetry of the Song Dynasty, comprehensively presents the style of tea Tao in the Song Dynasty, and presents the relationship between tea Tao and the creation of tea poetry in the Song Dynasty, greatly expanding the literary resources for the study of tea Tao and coming up with new findings, including the conclusion that tea art and tea ... Read more

    $167.99 CAD

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  • The Book of Chinese Names: A Guide to Auspicious and Elegant Names

    by Goh Kheng Chuan, Goh Kheng Yew ...
    What makes a good Chinese name and how does the name shape destinies and character? How do you ensure that the name is meaningful, elegant and auspicious at the same time?This book provides all the knowledge you need for devising a good Chinese name for your child.This book covers:- Creative Methods For Naming: Number of Strokes Theory, Chinese Horoscope, The Five Elements, The Eight Characters ... Read more

    $9.90 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Billion Voices

    China's Search for a Common Language: Penguin Specials

    by David Moser ...
    Series series Penguin China | Penguin Specials
    Mandarin, Guoyu or Putonghua? 'Chinese' is a language known by many names, and China is a country home to many languages. Since the turn of the twentieth century linguists and politicians have been on a mission to create a common language for China. From the radical intellectuals of the May Fourth Movement, to leaders such as Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong, all fought linguistic wars to push the ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Hangeul

    Korea's unique Alphabet

    by Robert Koehler ...
    Series Book 1 - Korea Essentials
    Hangeul, the indigenous writing system of Korea, was promulgated in 1446. It is an ingenious system that utilizes modern and scientific linguistic theories and principles of Korean traditional culture to perfectly express the sounds of the Korean language. Crafted by some of the leading scholars of the age, including the brilliant King Sejong the Great, the alphabet has been widely lauded by ... Read more

    $9.85 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ancient Art of Tea

    Wisdom From the Ancient Chinese Tea Masters

    by Warren Peltier ...
    The Ancient Art of Tea is a delightful look at the philosophy, history, and culture of tea in China.The health benefits of tea, whether white, green, oolong or black, are well known in our world today. However, creating the perfect, healthy cup of tea is a process few people genuinely understand. As expert Warren Peltier explains, making an ideal cup of tea is a dynamic process that requires the ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Wong Kar-wai's Ashes of Time

    by Hong Kong University Press ...
    Ashes of Time, by the internationally acclaimed director Wong Kar-wai, has been considered to be one of the most complex and self-reflexive of Hong Kong films. Loosely based on the stories by renowned martial arts novelist Jin Yong, Wong Kar-wai has created a very different kind of martial arts film, which invites close and sustained study.This book presents the nature and significance of Ashes of ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • An Anatomy of Chinese

    Rhythm, Metaphor, Politics

    by Perry Link ...
    During the Cultural Revolution, Mao exhorted the Chinese people to “smash the four olds”: old customs, old culture, old habits, and old ideas. Yet when the Red Guards in Tiananmen Square chanted “We want to see Chairman Mao,” they unknowingly used a classical rhythm that dates back to the Han period and is the very embodiment of the four olds. An Anatomy of Chinese reveals how rhythms, conceptual ... Read more

    $59.79 CAD

  • The Paranoid Heiress Of The 70s

    by Sanders Soltis ...
    Jiang Rao transmigrates into a period novel as the fake daughter despised by her entire adoptive family. The moment she opens her eyes, her adopted younger sister is dumping dirty water on her, and her brother is cursing her as a "thankless wretch."In her previous life, she suffered from a heart condition and died full of resentment. In this life—she goes absolutely feral.She scalds her malicious ... Read more

    $13.19 CAD

  • Adopted Territory

    Transnational Korean Adoptees and the Politics of Belonging

    by Eleana J. Kim ...
    Since the end of the Korean War, an estimated 200,000 children from South Korea have been adopted into white families in North America, Europe, and Australia. While these transnational adoptions were initiated as an emergency measure to find homes for mixed-race children born in the aftermath of the war, the practice grew exponentially from the 1960s through the 1980s. At the height of South Korea ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Translating Chinese Culture

    The process of Chinese--English translation

    by Valerie Pellatt, Eric T. Liu, Yalta Ya-Yun Chen ...
    Translating Chinese Culture is an innovative and comprehensive coursebook which addresses the issue of translating concepts of culture. Based on the framework of schema building, the course offers helpful guidance on how to get inside the mind of the Chinese author, how to understand what he or she is telling the Chinese-speaking audience, and how to convey this to an English speaking audience.A ... Read more

    $109.99 CAD

  • Complete Tai Chi Chuan

    by Dan Docherty ...
    Complete Tai Chi Chuan is the first book in English to deal extensively with the concepts of 'inside the door' training and the inner art, including therapeutic and martial aspects of Taoist internal alchemy. Drawing on original historical research, the author identifies the links between the art and Chinese philosophy. Fully illustrated throughout, the book includes: history, theory and ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD