Translated Work
骨骾
Title:
Stuck in the Throat
Genre:
Fiction
Page Numbers:
41 - 62
First Publication Date:
1990
Publisher:
Research Centre for Translation, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Language:
Monolingual (English)
Synopsis:
The female protagonist is a secretary to a bank manager, Peter Chen, and she finds herself caught in the rumour that Chen and she shared a clandestine relationship. As a person with strict principles, she rejects the idea of taking advantage of her boss to gain a promotion, and confronts Chen, who is found to be the one to spread the rumours himself. After failing to be promoted, he accidentally kills himself while drinking fish soup.
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Author
Name:
KAN, Mo-han 簡慕嫻
Alternate Name:
辛其氏 ; SUNG, Kei-shi ; XIN, Qishi
Year of Birth:
1950
Birthplace:
Hong Kong
Gender:
Female
Biography:
Born in Hong Kong in 1950, Kan is a writer whose work has been published in newspapers and literary magazines. Her publications include the novel《紅格子酒舖》(The Red Chequers Pub), as well as the essay collection 《每逢佳節》[Every Festival].
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Translator
Name:
COHN, Don J. 龔丹
Gender:
Male
Translator Biography:
Cohn studied Chinese at Oberlin College and Columbia University. Having lived in Taipei, Beijing and Hong Kong for a long time, he has published translations of Lao She's fiction and The Dianshizhai Pictorial. He worked as an editorial assistant at the Research Centre for Translation, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and as an editor at the Far Eastern Economic Review.
Editor
Name:
HUNG, Eva 孔慧怡
Birthplace:
Hong Kong
Editor Biography:
Born in Hong Kong, Hung received her doctorate at the University of London. She was the Director of the Research Centre for Translation at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and editor of the literary journal Renditions. She has translated works by Wang Anyi and Eileen Chang into English.
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Source Text Reference:
收入《青色的月牙》(1986)，頁145-62。
Published Date of Source Text:
1986
Target Text Reference:
Renditions, nos. 27 & 28, pp.127-38