Abstract
This chapter describes a project which will create and store in a database English translations for a set of five interlinked histories written in China between 974 and 1344 CE. The finished database is intended to provide the most comprehensive body of historical translations yet produced for China’s imperial period. Once completed, it will form an invaluable resource for historians, whether they are examining the period which the histories describe, or exploring wider frontier-studies issues.
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Standen, N., Jones, F. (2007). Revealing alternatives: Online comparative translations of interlinked chinese historical texts. In: Beal, J.C., Corrigan, K.P., Moisl, H.L. (eds) Creating and digitizing language corpora. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230223202_8
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