Wu Junxie Explained

Wu Junxie (; born 1928) is a Chinese translator.^[1]

Wu is most notable for being one of the main translators into Chinese of the works of the English novelists Charlotte Brontë and Virginia Woolf.^{[2] [3]}

Biography

Wu was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang in 1928.

He graduated from Zhejiang University in 1951, where he majored in English. After graduation, Wu was appointed an officer to the State Council of the People's Republic of China and the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.

In 1959, Wu was transferred to the People's Literature Publishing House as an editor.

After the Cultural Revolution, Wu joined the China Writers Association in 1982.

Works

• The Biography of Leo Tolstoy (Chinese: 列夫·托尔斯泰评传)
• Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) (Chinese: 简·爱)^[4]
• The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway) (Chinese: 老人与海)
• The Textbook of Woolf (Virginia Woolf) (Chinese: 伍尔夫读本)
• The Collected Works of Woolf (Virginia Woolf) (Chinese: 伍尔夫文集)
• Play Making (Chinese: 剧作法)^[5]

Awards

• Chinese Translation Association – Senior Translator (2004)^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.chinawriter.com.cn/zxhy/member/5057.shtml. zh:吴钧燮 (1928～). chinawriter.com.cn . zh.
2. Web site: zh:《简·爱》在中国受宠80年 其汉译本达20余种 . 2011-01-06 . . zh.
3. Web site: http://edu.dbw.cn/system/2006/10/12/050574969.shtml . zh:新世纪教育文库·中学生阅读推荐书目100种. 2006-10-12 . dbw.cn. zh.
4. Book: zh. Charlotte Brontë. Wu Junxie. zh:《简·爱》. 1990-11-01 . People's Literature Publishing House . Beijing . 9787020070398 .
5. Book: zh. Archer William. Wu Junxie. zh:《剧作法》. 2004-03-01 . China Drama Publishing House . Beijing . 9787104018810 .
6. Web site: http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2004-11-07/18414168028s.shtml. zh:118位资深翻译家获表彰 中国译协使用新名称 . 2004-11-07 . sina. zh.