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The Reception of Chinese Translated Books: In the Case of University Students in Taiwan

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This study investigates the undergraduates of a university in northern Taiwan for their reading habits and evaluation of Chinese translated books. It is found that reading translated books is prevalent among them. Their experiences of reading Chinese translated books tend to be satisfactory and more than half of them think the quality of Chinese translated books is fine. The result of this study confirms previous research that accuracy is the basic requirement of translated books and translation mistakes should be avoided, but goes against the popular perception that the quality of Chinese translated books in Taiwan is poor.

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  1. See http://life.trendgo.com.tw/epaper/640.

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  1. Department of Applied Foreign Languages, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 43 Keelung Road, Section 4, Taipei, 10607, Taiwan

    Yu-Ling Chung

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Chung, YL. The Reception of Chinese Translated Books: In the Case of University Students in Taiwan. Pub Res Q 31, 12–20 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-014-9394-z

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