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050		4	_aP306.97 .P65 _bH37 2021
082	0	4	_a327.5104109033 _223
100	1		_aHarrison, Henrietta,
245	1	4	_aThe perils of interpreting : _bthe extraordinary lives of two translators between Qing China and the British Empire / _cHenrietta Harrison.
264		1	_aPrinceton, New Jersey : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2021]
264		4	_c©2021.
300			_axiv, 341 pages : _billustrations, maps, portraits ; _c25 cm.
336			_acartographic image _2rdacontent.
336			_astill image _2rdacontent.
336			_atext _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 319-329) and index.
505	0		_aLives that crossed the world. The Li family of Liangzhou -- George Leonard Staunton of Galway -- Li Zibiao's education in Naples -- George Thomas Staunton's peculiar childhood -- Li Zibiao and Lord Macartney's embassy. Finding an interpreter for an embassy to China -- Crossing the oceans -- Other possible interpreters -- Li Zibiao as interpreter and mediator -- Speaking to the emperor -- Becoming an invisible interpreter -- Li Zibiao after the embassy -- George Thomas Staunton and the Canton trade. George Thomas Staunton becomes an interpreter -- Sir George Staunton, translator and banker -- The British occupation of Macao and its aftermath -- A linguist and his troubles -- The Amherst embassy -- Exclusion. Li Zibiao's last years in hiding -- Staunton in parliament -- The opium war -- Forgetting.
520			_a"The 1793 British embassy to China, which led to Lord George Macartney's fraught encounter with the Qianlong emperor, has often been viewed as a clash of cultures fueled by the East's disinterest in the West. In The Perils of Interpreting, Henrietta Harrison presents a more nuanced picture, ingeniously shifting the historical lens to focus on Macartney's two interpreters at that meeting--Li Zibiao and George Thomas Staunton. Who were these two men? How did they intervene in the exchanges that they mediated? And what did these exchanges mean for them? From Galway to Chengde, and from political intrigues to personal encounters, Harrison reassesses a pivotal moment in relations between China and Britain. She shows that there were Chinese who were familiar with the West, but growing tensions endangered those who embraced both cultures and would eventually culminate in the Opium Wars. Harrison demonstrates that the Qing court's ignorance about the British did not simply happen, but was manufactured through the repression of cultural go-betweens like Li and Staunton. She traces Li's influence as Macartney's interpreter, the pressures Li faced in China as a result, and his later years in hiding. Staunton interpreted successfully for the British East India Company in Canton, but as Chinese anger grew against British imperial expansion in South Asia, he was compelled to flee to England. Harrison contends that in silencing expert voices, the Qing court missed an opportunity to gain insights that might have prevented a losing conflict with Britain. Uncovering the lives of two overlooked figures, The Perils of Interpreting offers an empathic argument for cross-cultural understanding in a connected world." -- Publisher's description.
600	1	0	_aLi, Zibiao.
600	1	0	_aMacartney, George Macartney, _cEarl, _d1737-1806 _1https://isni.org/isni/0000000110368245.
600	1	0	_aStaunton, George Thomas, _cSir, _d1781-1859 _1https://isni.org/isni/0000000081462792.
648		7	_a1644-1912 _2fast.
650		0	_aTranslating and interpreting _xPolitical aspects _zChina _xHistory _y18th century.
650		0	_aTranslating and interpreting _xPolitical aspects _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y18th century.
651		0	_aChina _xForeign relations _y1644-1912.
651		0	_aChina _xForeign relations _zGreat Britain.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xForeign relations _y1789-1820.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xForeign relations _zChina.
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