Curious, I was just reading that Abel-Rémusat (1788--1832) secured the first chair in Chinese at the Collège de France, also in 1815; enviable time.
Best, Richard -- T +6433121699 M +64210640216 E [email protected] IM https://t.me/rmahoney W https://indica-et-buddhica.org/ Indica et Buddhica Littledene Bay Road Oxford NZ -----Original Message----- From: Lyne Bansat-Boudon via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> Reply-To: Lyne Bansat-Boudon <[email protected]> To: Rosane Rocher <[email protected]> Cc: Indology List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] erratum-Schwab's English translation Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2021 07:40:14 +0000 Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.8.2) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 Dear colleagues, I just noticed a typo in my post. Please correct it: Chézy’s chair in Collège de France was created in 1815. My very best, Lyne > Le 25 juin 2021 à 23:52, Rosane Rocher via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> a écrit : > > Dear colleagues, > > It strikes me that I ought to have given some reason for my abrupt > warning against the English translation of Raymond Schwab'sOriental > Renaissance. Let me quote the introductory paragraph of the review I > gave it back in 1988: > > "Scholars interested in the East-West intellectual encounter will > welcome the publication of an English translation of Raymond > Schwab's "La Renaissance Orientale", a book that, though 34 years > old, has not been replaced. A look at the contents of this handsome > volume reveals useful added features, such as an alphabetical and > updated bibliography and a fuller and more readable index. A > thorough perusal of the English translation, however, turns elation > into disappointment. Not only was Schwab's difficult, poetic French > occasionally beyond the powers of the translators, their lack of > familiarity with Indian culture and Anglo-Indian history not > infrequently led them astray." > > Examples are given in the core of the review. The full text can be > found in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 86.4, 1988, coll. > 471–473. > > Rosane > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology _______________________________________________ INDOLOGY mailing list [email protected] https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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