{"id":39831,"date":"2021-01-07T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/?p=39831"},"modified":"2024-01-16T12:06:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T04:06:16","slug":"stfl-online-talk-a-brief-introduction-to-the-procedure-for-buddhist-scripture-translation-in-ancient-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/stfl-online-talk-a-brief-introduction-to-the-procedure-for-buddhist-scripture-translation-in-ancient-china\/","title":{"rendered":"STFL Online Talk: A Brief Introduction to the Procedure for Buddhist Scripture Translation in Ancient China"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"39831\" class=\"elementor elementor-39831\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-caa5cbe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"caa5cbe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e1b32c6\" data-id=\"e1b32c6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc2bb7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc2bb7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>7 January 2021<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The School of Translation and Foreign Languages (STFL) conducted an online talk entitled \u2018A Brief Introduction to the Procedure for Buddhist Scripture Translation in Ancient China\u2019 on 7 January 2021.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With reference to historical documents, Buddhist texts and archaeological findings, Dr Siu Sai Yau, Assistant Professor of the STFL, introduced the process of Buddhist scriptures translation in ancient China and explained how Buddhist translators back then translated Buddhist scriptures from Sanskrit into Chinese without the aid of electronic tools.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Siu shared the story of Tang Sanzang and revealed that the translation of Buddhist texts back then was actually collaborated by translators. 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