Translation in Diplomatic Writing: Hu Shih, Chiang Kai-shek, and Franklin D. Roosevelt

Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Talk/lecture

Description

This is part of the Hu Shih Lecture Series launched by the Run Run Shaw Library of City University of Hong Kong. In this 90-mins talk, Dr. Lin examines the English-language telegrams sent by Chiang Kai-shek to Franklin D. Roosevelt during WW2. Dr. Lin points out the possibility that Hu Shih, who served as the Chinese ambassador to the US, has played a role in translating and rewriting Chiang Kai-shek's telegrams to Roosevelt in the wartime period.
Period4 May 2021
Held atRun Run Shaw Library
Degree of RecognitionNational

Keywords

  • international relations
  • Chiang Kai-shek
  • Franklin Roosevelt
  • Hu Shih
  • Telegram
  • Translation
  • World War 2
  • Sino-Japanese War

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