I once believed that gender discrimination was not a major issue in China, compared with many other countries. With so many other problems demanding urgent solutions (e.g. poverty, environmental pollution), working on...I once believed that gender discrimination was not a major issue in China, compared with many other countries. With so many other problems demanding urgent solutions (e.g. poverty, environmental pollution), working on gender issues was like "gilding the lily"—it was simply a luxury for China at the present stage. My failure to realize the seriousness of the gender problem China derived from at least two aspects. First, Chinese traditional culture emphasizes balance of展开更多
This case study presents the dilemma faced by a French university with Christian identity regarding a students’request to officially approve a club for the LGBTQ+community:which would be the most prudent response con...This case study presents the dilemma faced by a French university with Christian identity regarding a students’request to officially approve a club for the LGBTQ+community:which would be the most prudent response considering all matters involved?The case is disguised:it combines elements taken from very similar cases impacting today more than a few Catholic universities around the globe.Part A describes this university:history,principles and values,academic and financial information,relations with its stakeholders,etc.This part also describes its religious context and some relevant statistics regarding the LGTBQ+community.Finally,a series of opinions regarding the issue and how to answer the students’request presented in the form of an open discussion at the university’s steering committee provides different arguments in favor or against the approval.Part B offers some guidelines useful to take a prudent response considering all matters involved:legal,ethical,governance,and communicative.These guidelines are divided in three chapters:what should be the framework for such a discussion,strategic recommendations,and practical suggestions.Their aim is to provide a sort of a blueprint for university heads and administrators,to design a tailor-made response fitting the identity and stakeholders’map of their own university.展开更多
Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles tells a tragedy of an innocent girl called Tess, whose fate is dominated by the male power. Angel Clare, as one of the main male characters, has always been neglected. ...Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles tells a tragedy of an innocent girl called Tess, whose fate is dominated by the male power. Angel Clare, as one of the main male characters, has always been neglected. Exploring Angel's mental process and choices from the perspective of Lacan's mirror stage theory will provide a new interpretation of this novel, and a deeper understanding of the aesthetic value and the purpose of the characterization might be formed, and Hardy's concerns for the gender issues in the Victorian age have also been well presented through the time-transcending character.展开更多
WHEN project proposals come up before the Chinese government, those that emphasize economic growth are most likely to be granted; what people may not realize, however, is that projects that focus on gender issues have...WHEN project proposals come up before the Chinese government, those that emphasize economic growth are most likely to be granted; what people may not realize, however, is that projects that focus on gender issues have also become top priority in the policy sphere. That is how the Beijing Women’s Federation is able to conduct a bilateral program with their Swedish counterparts to exchange experiences and gain information from each other.展开更多
In the much-discussed Chinese tradition of translation,prominence was almost always given to men translators and translation thinkers,as though they were the entirety of the Chinese translation landscape.This essay di...In the much-discussed Chinese tradition of translation,prominence was almost always given to men translators and translation thinkers,as though they were the entirety of the Chinese translation landscape.This essay discusses the work performed by Chinese women for centuries in the field of translation and translation discourse.Starting from an examination of the presence of women in the early Chinese translating/interpreting scene and an analysis of why and how that early presence was then discontinued,this essay focuses on modern and contemporary times when Chinese women re-entered,as it were,the translation stage,and such issues as the major characteristics of Chinese women translators,what kind of women’s voice there was in Chinese discourse on translation,and how Chinese women researchers have presented themselves in the contemporary Chinese TS field.Hopefully,insights may be revealed not only on the role of women translators/translation scholars as an integral component of the Chinese translation tradition,but also into how the gender issue may be most meaningfully addressed in TS research at large.展开更多
文摘I once believed that gender discrimination was not a major issue in China, compared with many other countries. With so many other problems demanding urgent solutions (e.g. poverty, environmental pollution), working on gender issues was like "gilding the lily"—it was simply a luxury for China at the present stage. My failure to realize the seriousness of the gender problem China derived from at least two aspects. First, Chinese traditional culture emphasizes balance of
文摘This case study presents the dilemma faced by a French university with Christian identity regarding a students’request to officially approve a club for the LGBTQ+community:which would be the most prudent response considering all matters involved?The case is disguised:it combines elements taken from very similar cases impacting today more than a few Catholic universities around the globe.Part A describes this university:history,principles and values,academic and financial information,relations with its stakeholders,etc.This part also describes its religious context and some relevant statistics regarding the LGTBQ+community.Finally,a series of opinions regarding the issue and how to answer the students’request presented in the form of an open discussion at the university’s steering committee provides different arguments in favor or against the approval.Part B offers some guidelines useful to take a prudent response considering all matters involved:legal,ethical,governance,and communicative.These guidelines are divided in three chapters:what should be the framework for such a discussion,strategic recommendations,and practical suggestions.Their aim is to provide a sort of a blueprint for university heads and administrators,to design a tailor-made response fitting the identity and stakeholders’map of their own university.
文摘Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles tells a tragedy of an innocent girl called Tess, whose fate is dominated by the male power. Angel Clare, as one of the main male characters, has always been neglected. Exploring Angel's mental process and choices from the perspective of Lacan's mirror stage theory will provide a new interpretation of this novel, and a deeper understanding of the aesthetic value and the purpose of the characterization might be formed, and Hardy's concerns for the gender issues in the Victorian age have also been well presented through the time-transcending character.
文摘WHEN project proposals come up before the Chinese government, those that emphasize economic growth are most likely to be granted; what people may not realize, however, is that projects that focus on gender issues have also become top priority in the policy sphere. That is how the Beijing Women’s Federation is able to conduct a bilateral program with their Swedish counterparts to exchange experiences and gain information from each other.
文摘In the much-discussed Chinese tradition of translation,prominence was almost always given to men translators and translation thinkers,as though they were the entirety of the Chinese translation landscape.This essay discusses the work performed by Chinese women for centuries in the field of translation and translation discourse.Starting from an examination of the presence of women in the early Chinese translating/interpreting scene and an analysis of why and how that early presence was then discontinued,this essay focuses on modern and contemporary times when Chinese women re-entered,as it were,the translation stage,and such issues as the major characteristics of Chinese women translators,what kind of women’s voice there was in Chinese discourse on translation,and how Chinese women researchers have presented themselves in the contemporary Chinese TS field.Hopefully,insights may be revealed not only on the role of women translators/translation scholars as an integral component of the Chinese translation tradition,but also into how the gender issue may be most meaningfully addressed in TS research at large.
