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The Perils of Interpreting: The Extraordinary Lives of Two Translators between Qing China and the British Empire 

byHenrietta Harrison

Henrietta Harrison's The Perils of Interpreting investigates the extraordinary lives of two translators between qing china and the british empire, grounding a large subject in the people and choices that shaped it. Using archival sources, narrative history, and voices from the period, The Perils of Interpreting moves between close observation and a wider account of the systems surrounding its subject. By placing The Perils of Interpreting within history, the book reveals why its central tensions extend well beyond one person, place, or moment.

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

352

ISBN

9780691225456