Jieun Kiaer

Alessandro Bianchi

Giulia Falato

Pia Jolliffe

Kazue Mino

Kyungmin Yu

Exploring the history of missionary translation of Christian texts in East Asia, Missionary Translators offers a comparative perspective between the features of East Asian languages and the historical context of the translation. Focusing on the Bible and Christian theological works, it looks at the intersection of linguistics, translation studies, and history. This book discusses the real-life challenges faced by missionary translators in producing Christian texts in East Asian languages. Students, historians, scholars and those interested in the study of East Asian cultures or translation will find this book to be an insightful and invaluable resource.

Translations of Christian Texts in East Asia

Missionary Translators

In Alfonso Vagnone’s Tongyou jiaoyu (On the Education of Children, c. 1632) Giulia Falato examines the text’s literary value and its contribution to the introduction of Renaissance pedagogy into late-Ming China. HAKEN!!!

The Earliest Encounter between Chinese and European Pedagogy

Alfonso Vagnone’s Tongyou Jiaoyu (On the Education of Children, c. 1632)

Giulia Falato

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