{"id":2125,"date":"2013-07-25T09:30:04","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T01:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2125"},"modified":"2013-07-23T23:23:12","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T15:23:12","slug":"nea-grants-for-chinese-literature-in-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2125","title":{"rendered":"NEA Grants for Chinese Literature in Translation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>From the National Endowment for the Arts<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n

Literary translations enter our canon as new works of art, bringing voices and stories from diverse cultures to a new audience. For the art of literary translation is not simply the act of converting an author’s words from one language into another; rather, it requires difficult choices and creative thinking in order to fully convey images and meaning. Today, the National Endowment for the Arts announced its latest efforts to support literary translation through $250,000 in recommended grants to 16 translators to support the translation of works into English from 13 languages and 15 countries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The following grants have been awarded to Chinese literature:<\/p>\n

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