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RCT Research Programme Fund:
Translation and Colonial Rule in Asia |
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Lawrence Wang-chi WONG (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
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Translation and Colonial Rule in Hong Kong
| Project Director: |
Lawrence Wang-chi WONG
(The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
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Uganda Sze Pui KWAN
(Nanyang Technological University) |
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Translation and Colonial Rule in Korea
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Translation and Colonial Rule in Singapore
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Uganda Sze Pui KWAN
(Nanyang Technological University) |
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Translation and Colonial Rule in Taiwan
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YANG Cheng-shu
(Fu Jen Catholic University) |
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LI Shang-Lin
(Kainan University)
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YOKOJI Keiko
(Fu Jen Catholic University)
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HUANG Hsin-i
(Providence University) |
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IHARA Daisaku
(University of Tsukuba) |
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Programme Duration: 2011–2014
While colonies are obtained mostly by force, ruling indigenous peoples requires very effective communication. For colonial rulers, communication is a two-way problem. From the top-down, they need to ensure that their people know what the government is doing, and what the government wants them to do. From the bottom-up, they need to know what is happening among the people, and what the people are talking and thinking about. However, the language barrier makes the problem almost insurmountable, and the rulers can only rely on one thing: translation. In fact, the success or failure of colonial rule is very much dependent on the effectiveness of translation.
This programme studies the role played by translation in the establishment and administration of colonial rule in various Asian countries and regions. It explores such issues as government structure, personnel, language and education policies, and censorship issues in relationship to colonial rule. Initially, four projects have been set up within the programme to focus on the role of translation in colonial Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Korea. The possibility of expanding the scope of the programme to include other Asian countries and regions will be explored.
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"Translation and Colonial Rule in Taiwan" Workshop
| 【日治時期的譯者與譯事活動】工作坊 |
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Research Centre for Translation of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Cultural History Research Group of the Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica Taiwan |
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13:00–18:00, 27 September 2012 (Thur) |
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Conference Room 802, North Wing, H. S. S. Building, Academia Sinica, Taiwan |
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http://www.ith.sinica.edu.tw/
academic_03_look.php?no=299&page=1 |
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Please click here to download the programme. |
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