A podcast about English translations of Chinese literature, hosted by Angus Stewart. All eras, all g
In the one hundredth episode of the Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast, we are throwing a goodbye pa
‘I wrote the asinine words ‘liquor is literature’ and ‘people who are strangers to liquor are incapa
I supposed every last one of this country’s 1.3 billion inhabitants all had their own obsessions wit
‘Starting to write a suicide note would be too melodramatic. If she wrote it, it would only contain
‘the man spun instinctively to face them, both hands covering his chest, looking almost sorrowful as
Trembling hands seem to check for the forgotten secret language. Withered bodies, like finding some
In the space marked ‘pregnant’, the machine had quite clearly printed the word ‘no’In the ninety fou
‘It’s just life, right? One place is as good as another’In the ninety third episode of the Translate
‘I’ve never broken any rules, not even rules at school. Why would I blackmail someone?’’In the ninet
‘The “exquisite bridges and flowing water” one finds in poetry are not written by real farmers, but
‘I felt that in action and in lore, one and all were far above me; that in spite of the majesty of m
‘The man in the bed looks at her. An enormous force seems to be pulling him into a world behind him,
How would I explain to my friend that my creations belonged to a totally different woman?In episode
‘This kind of “respect” can be a slow-acting poison. When a person gets used to being “respected”, t
The U.S. fleet stationed in the Persian Gulf hadn’t had time to react. Now it, too, was in flames.In
‘The final cut – the coup de grace – entered Qian’s heart, from which black blood the colour and con
‘Generation after generation, people have lived in this massive sick ward we call the universe ’In t
‘I am clearly an exemplary specimen of a cat, but lately I’ve been pondering something: what does a
‘If you lived in one of the lanes of Puxi, the moment you stepped out your door, you would find your
A star’s coming of age was the process of slowly getting uglier.In the eighty first episode of the T
