Reconstructing Chinese Military Interpreter Training during the Second World War: A Cultural-Historical Perspective

Jie Liu

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Journal of Translation Studies ›› 2023, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (2) : 97-130.

Reconstructing Chinese Military Interpreter Training during the Second World War: A Cultural-Historical Perspective

Jie Liu

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This article re-contextualizes the historical developments of Chinese military interpreter training during the Second World War. Through the study of the Kunming- and Chongqing-based interpreting officer training programs in the 1940s, the entire training scheme is divided into three phases. Discussions of each phase revolve around key strands of education, including enrollment, curriculum, training methods, and faculty composition. It is argued that, despite some deficiencies, the wartime training practices actually marked the first developmental phase in translation and interpreting training in China in the twentieth century. They comprised large-scale curriculum-based institutional training practices, which, as a feature of twentieth-century Chinese translation history and education, merit further research. The program structure and curriculum design discussed in the article are of relevance to translation and interpreting education today, thus contributing to the understanding of interpreter/translator training and interpreting/translating during the second Sino-Japanese war.

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war of resistance against Japan / Interpreter/Translator Training Programs / Military Interpreters Education / interpreting officer

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Jie Liu. Reconstructing Chinese Military Interpreter Training during the Second World War: A Cultural-Historical Perspective[J]. Journal of Translation Studies. 2023, 7(2): 97-130

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