Jan 14
- Publishing houses (all types): 2,330 (UK); 1,738 (Taiwan); 573 (China)
- Over 95% of all literary works translated into Chinese over the last five years were published by just 17 firms
- China pay for English-to-Chinese literary translation: RMB 50-100 per 1,000 words (US$7.31 to US$14.62) in the target language
Figures from a speech by Kite Runner translator Li Ji-Hong (李继宏) at the recent China-UK Forum on Marketing Literature in Translation in Shanghai (Jan 12-14, 2009). His new firm, 上海帛书文化传播有限公司, will focus on purchasing the rights to foreign books for publication within China.
Recent Comments