Yang Jingyuan

Yang Jingyuan (simplified Chinese: 杨静远; traditional Chinese: 楊靜遠; pinyin: Yáng Jìngyuǎn; February 1923 – 8 June 2015) also known by her pen name Yuan Qing (Chinese: 苑青; pinyin: Yuàn Qīng), was a Chinese translator.[1][2]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.
Yang Jingyuan
Native name
杨静远
BornFebruary 1923
Changsha, Hunan, China
DiedJune 8, 2015(2015-06-08) (aged 92)
Beijing, China
Pen nameYuan Qing (苑青)
OccupationTranslator
LanguageChinese, English
Alma materWuhan University
University of Michigan
Period1943–2015
GenreNovel
SubjectChildren's literature
Notable worksThe Complete Works of the Brontë Sisters
SpouseYan Guozhu

Yang is most notable for being one of the main translators into Chinese of the works of the English novelists Charlotte Brontë and Emily Brontë.[1]

Biography

Yang was born in a wealthy and highly educated family, in Changsha, Hunan, in February 1923, with her ancestral home in Suzhou, Jiangsu. Her mother Yuan Changying (袁昌英) was a translator, scholar and author who graduated from University of Edinburgh and University of Paris. Her father Yang Duanliu (杨端六) was an economist who graduated from Hunan Normal College, Hongwen Academy (宏文学院), Tokyo Zhengze English College (东京正则英语学校). His brother, Yang Hongyuan (杨弘远), was a graduate of Wuhan University.[1]

Yang started to publish works in 1943.[1]

After graduating from the Department of Foreign Language, Wuhan University, she attended the Department of English Language and Literature, University of Michigan, earning a Master of Arts in 1948.[1]

When she returned to China, she taught at the Department of Foreign Language, Wuhan University, and soon she was transferred from Wuhan to Beijing where she was appointed an editor of the People's Literature Publishing House and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.[1]

Yang died in Beijing, on June 8, 2015, aged 92.[3]

Works
  • The Complete Works of the Brontë Sisters (勃朗特姐妹全集)
  • Letters of Charlotte Brontë (Charlotte Brontë) (夏绿蒂·勃朗特书信)[4]
  • The Stories of the Brontë Sisters (勃朗特一家的故事)
  • The Biography of Mark (马克思传)
  • The Biography of Engels (恩格斯传)
  • The Biography of Mark and Engels (马克思恩格斯合传)
  • (Joseph Conrad) (哈丽特·塔布曼)
  • Peter Pan (James Mathew Barrie) (彼得·潘)[5]
  • (Grahame) (柳林风声)[6]

Awards

References
  1. 中国翻译家杨静远：生活不是童话. china.com.cn (in Chinese).
  2. 《哈利·波特》为何"生"在英国. xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). 2010-12-25. Archived from the original on July 12, 2011.
  3. Cui Wei (崔巍) (13 June 2015). 《彼得·潘》中文译者杨静远去世. ifeng.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  4. Charlotte Brontë (2012-01-01). 《夏洛蒂·勃朗特书信》 (in Chinese). Beijing: Joint Publishing Company. ISBN 9787108005748.
  5. James Mathew Barrie (2013-01-01). 《彼得·潘》 (in Chinese). Beijing: China Pictorial Publishing House. ISBN 9787514606454.
  6. Grahame (2011-12-01). Liu lin feng sheng 《柳林风声》 (in Chinese). Beijing: Central Compilation & Translation Press. ISBN 9787511706379.
  7. 118位资深翻译家获表彰 中国译协使用新名称(组图). sina (in Simplified Chinese). 2004-11-07.
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