{"id":3583,"date":"2016-11-21T09:30:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T01:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3583"},"modified":"2016-11-18T09:49:31","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T01:49:31","slug":"australias-medal-for-excellence-in-translation-for-minfords-i-ching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3583","title":{"rendered":"Australia’s Medal for Excellence in Translation for Minford’s I Ching"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Australian Academy of the Humanities has inaugurated its Medal for Excellence in Translation, and the first winner is John Minford for his translation of I Ching (Yijing): The Book of Change<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Books and Publishing<\/em><\/a> reports:<\/p>\n

A judging panel comprising Brian Nelson, Mabel Lee and Peter Doyle said Minford\u2019s work \u2018bids fair to become the definitive translation of this primary Chinese classic\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018An imposing example of the translator-scholar as cultural intermediary, it is both a tour de force of scholarship and a distinguished literary achievement,\u2019 said the judges. \u2018Minford adopts a thoughtful, original, flexible approach to the challenges of his task as translator, offering a significantly new interpretation of a piece of major world literature.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click the image above for the full report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Australian Academy of the Humanities has inaugurated its Medal for Excellence in Translation, and the first winner is John Minford for his translation of I Ching (Yijing): The Book of Change. 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