Tsūji, Interpreters in and Around Early Modern Japan
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Beschreibung
This book introduces English-speaking audiences to tsūji, who were interpreters in different contexts in Japan and then the Ryukyu Kingdom from the late 16th to the mid-19th century. It comprises seven historical case studies on tsūji in which contributors adopt a context-oriented approach. They aim to explore the function of these interpreters in communication with other cultures in different languages, including Japanese, Dutch, Chinese, Korean, Ryukyuan, English, Russian and Ainu. Each chapter elucidates the tsūji and the surrounding social, political and economic conditions. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of translation and interpreting, but also readers interested in the early modern history of interpreting and cultural exchange. It will similarly appeal to those interested in the Japanese language, but with limited access to books written in Japanese.
Mino Saito is Associate Professor at Juntendo University, Japan.
Miki Sato is Professor at Sapporo University, Japan.
This book introduces English-speaking audiences to tsūji, who were interpreters in different contexts in Japan and then the Ryukyu Kingdom from the late 16th to the mid-19th century. It comprises seven historical case studies on tsūji in which contributors adopt a context-oriented approach. They aim to explore the function of these interpreters in communication with other cultures in different languages, including Japanese, Dutch, Chinese, Korean, Ryukyuan, English, Russian and Ainu. Each chapter elucidates the tsūji and the surrounding social, political and economic conditions. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of translation and interpreting, but also readers interested in the early modern history of interpreting and cultural exchange. It will similarly appeal to those interested in the Japanese language, but with limited access to books written in Japanese.
Moves away from Western-oriented conceptions of interpreting Provides new insights into the under-researched area of the history of interpreting Offers a prosopographical study of interpreters in the Early-Modern period
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Mino Saito
Themen in »Tsūji, Interpreters in and Around Early Modern Japan«
cultural mediator context-oriented research Nanban trade The Society of Jesus Procurador Anti-Christian edict intermediary mistranslation Oranda-tsūji Tō-tsūji role awareness The Ryukyu Kingdom tributary relationship Ming dynasty Qing dynasty