Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.85

v2.c10.85

In the 1980s and 1990s, over 300 Indian literary works were published in China. The main difference from the work done in the 1950s were as follows. Firstly, not only huge works but also many single chapters were translated and introduced. Secondly, fewer works were indirectly translated from English and Russian, and more works directly translated from Sanskrit, Pali, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Tamil. Thirdly, not only poems, dramas, novels, etc., were translated, but also works of literary theory and on the history of literature. Fourthly, more writers’ works were translated.