Translation Talk with Matthew Dean

An interview with Matthew Dean about translating contemporary Chinese political philosophy. This interview is part of the Translation Talk series for https://bibletranslation.substack.com.

Matthew Dean was born and raised in Medina, Ohio, a town outside Cleveland and Akron. He studied classics and philosophy at Suffolk University and the liberal arts at St. John's College in Annapolis. For several years he taught English as a foreign language in Qingdao, China and Latin in the Washington, D.C. area. He is now translating the essays of Teng Biao, a Chinese human rights lawyer. He publish articles and interviews for David Ownby's website "Reading the China Dream":

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You can read more of his translations on Substack: https://straussianasinica.substack.com

Donald Antenen is translating Genesis from the Hebrew into English verse at https://bibletranslation.substack.com. He studied classical languages at the University of Pennsylvania and the liberal arts at St. John's College in Annapolis. He lives in Bellingham, Washington.

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