林语堂和矛盾课品.pptVIP

Presentation of Lin Yutang and Mao Dun Lin Yutang(林语堂) and his view on translation Mao Dun (茅盾 )and his view on translation Raditional Chinese 林語堂 Simplified Chinese 林语堂 Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Lín Yǔtáng - Gwoyeu Romatzyh Lin Yeutarng Min - Hokkien POJ L?m Gí-t?ng Cantonese - Jyutping lam4 jyu5 tong4 Lin Yutang (October 10, 1895 – March 26, 1976) was a Chinese writer and inventor. His informal but polished style in both Chinese and English made him one of the most influential writers of his generation, and his compilations and translations of classic Chinese texts into English were bestsellers in the West. Youth Lin was born in the town of Banzai, Pinghe, Zhangzhou, Fujian. This mountainous region made a deep impression on his consciousness, and thereafter he would constantly consider himself a child of the mountains (in one of his books he commented that his idea of hell was a city apartment). His father was a Christian minister. His journey of faith from Christianity to Taoism and Buddhism, and back to Christianity in his later life was recorded in his book From Pagan to Christian (1959). Academics Lin studied for his bachelors degree at Saint Johns University in Shanghai, then received a half-scholarship to continue study for a doctoral degree at Harvard University. He later wrote that in the Widener Library he first found himself and first came alive, but he never saw a Harvard-Yale game.[1] He left Harvard early however, moving to France and eventually to Germany, where he completed his requirements for a doctoral degree (in Chinese) at the University of Leipzig. From 1923 to 1926 he taught English literature at Peking University. On his return to the United States in 1931, he was briefly detained for inspection at Ellis Island. Legacy After 1928 he lived mainly in the United States, where his translations of Chinese texts remained popular for many years. At the behest of Pearl Buck, he wrote My Country and My People (吾國與吾民，吾