\tThe University Library System, Department of English, and Department of Translation of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) will jointly organize a workshop on “The Art of Translation” this Friday (13 March) as one of the programmes of the Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2009.<\/p>
\tIn this workshop, Julia Lovell, a lecturer in Chinese history at the University of London, will talk about the pitfalls in translation with Zhu Wen who is a poet, novelist and filmmaker.<\/p>
\tJulia Lovell is the author of several books on China including The Great Wall: China Against the World<\/em> and The Politics of Cultural Capital: China’s Quest for a Nobel Prize in Literature<\/em>. She has edited and translated in part Lust, Caution<\/em>, a collection of short stories by Eileen Chang, and her translation of the complete fiction of Lu Xun will be published in 2009. She has also translated several contemporary novels including I Love Dollars<\/em> by Zhu Wen.<\/p> \tMr. Zhu’s work has been published in many of China’s most prestigious literary magazines. The first success came in 1995 with the publication of I Love Dollars<\/em>. The English version, translated by Julia Lovell, was shortlisted for the 2008 Kiriyama Prize. He is also an accomplished screenwriter and director. His directorial debut, Seafood<\/em>, won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2001 Venice Film Festival, and his second film, South of the Clouds<\/em>, was awarded the NETPAC Prize at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival.<\/p> \tThere will be a book signing session after the workshop.<\/p> \tDate : March 13, 2009 (Friday)
\tTime : 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
\tVenue : Chung Chi College Library, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
\tSpeakers : Julia Lovell, Zhu Wen
\tLanguages : English and Putonghua
\tOrganizer : The Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival
\tCo-organizers : University Library System, Department of English, and Department of Translation, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
\tEnquiry : 2609-6969<\/p>