How to translate Japanese literature works into Chinese-From Natume Souseki to Murakami Haruki

2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 14510495
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 中国語・中国文学
• Research Institution: Chuo University
• Principal Investigator: WATANABE Shinichi Chuo University, Faculty of Commerce, Professor, 商学部, 教授 (00138611)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): IKEGAMI Sadako Atomi University, Facultyo of Literature, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (10168114) ; KOBAYASHI Tugio Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Professor, 外国語学部, 教授 (10107831)
• Project Period (FY): 2002 – 2004
• Keywords: translation in Chinese / literature / Kawabata Yasunari / Zhou Zuo ren / Souma Gyohu / Natume Souseki

Research Abstract

1. Making of the tables of Japanese literary works translated into Chinese(1919-1949).
We have had some tables of modern Japanese literary works translated into Chinese, but they all did not research the original titles of modern Japanese literary works although they carried the authors of original works, translators and publishing time of translation works. Our table carries the original titles besides above items.By these tables, specific original titles of modern Japanese literary works translated into Chinese are examind and carried. We could not examine, in our reseraches, the original titles carried in the Chinese magazines according to our ability and the time restrict.In the recent future we intend to publish the table including the title of magazines in China.
2. According to our respective awarenesses of the issues and literary interests, we wrote three papers on the translation
between Japanese and Chinese as follows;
(1)Ikegami Sadako ; Consideration on the possibilities and limitations of translation, concerning KAWABATA YASUNARI's "Ancient City" translated by Tang Yue Mei.
(2)Kobayashi Tugio ; One formation in Chinese capacity to Japanese literature, concerning the relation between Zhou Zuo Ren'A "Development of Japanese novel in the recent 30 years" and Souma Gyohu's " A Lecture on Meiji literature" "A Lecture on today's Japanese literature".
(3)Watanabe Shinichi ; How to translate Natume Souseki's "Wagahai wa neko de aru" into Chinese.