Beijing, September 2, 2012
As
part of the International Book Fair in Beijing there
was a roundtable "The Russian book in China:
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow." The round table
was devoted to the translation and publication of
Russian literature in China. The round table was
attended by G.M. Gupalo, chief editor of
"Dar" ["Gift"] publishing house; by
Fr. Dionisy Pozdnyaev, parish priest of the Holy
Apostles Peter and Paul Church in Hong Kong; and by
Zhang Baichun, professor of Beijing Normal University.
The discussion covered various aspects of the history
of Russian books in China — the events of the
early period associated with the interaction of Russia
and China during the Qing Dynasty, publications
undertaken by the Beijing Mission, the publication of
works of Russian Sinologists in China.
Roundtable discussion topics touched the little explored
period of publishing by the Russian emigration in Beijing,
Harbin and Shanghai during the '20-'40 of the last
century, the question of the interrelation of the cultures
of China and Russia, as reflected in the literary
experience of the Russian emigration in China. And
systematic research of this layer of culture is an
important and interesting challenge for both Chinese
Russianists, and for Russian Sinologists.
Topical
issues of modern translations of Russian literature
into Chinese, publishing trends, current directions in
the development of interests of Chinese readers were
discussed by roundtable participants. The discussion
also touched upon the problems facing the promotion of
Russian literature in China, among which the main ones
are: specialists-interpreters, the need to increase the
level of professionalism of literary critics,
translation of Russian classics of modern literature.
A separate and interesting direction of the round-table
discussion was the discussion of issues of translating and
publishing in China books which introduce the reader to
Orthodoxy in the Chinese language. During the roundtable
publications by Orthodox parish in Hong Kong were
presented. Roundtable participants and book fair guests
were given tens of titles of books, the publication of
which is of interest to a wide range of Chinese readers,
and responds to the academic demands of Chinese scholars.
Orthodox.cn
8 сентября 2012 г.
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