End of the English (British?) Empire? Or Something Else?

The paper analyzes best-seller lists in seven major European book markets between April 2008 and March 2009. The paper’s authors introduce the concept of an impact factor for best-selling authors that shows how influential an author is in a given market and across the analyzed markets overall. The paper’s authors discovered that a new generation of European best-selling authors appeared in major book markets of Europe such that those not writing in English have an impact of almost twice that of the English writers. Furthermore, the authors have discovered that only veteran English or American best-selling authors tend to be published by big media conglomerates; the majority of the European best-selling authors were published by a surprising mix of big and small, independent and international publishing houses. It is striking that English as the most popular second language in the world did not play a stronger role as an intermediary language in the transmission of books from one European culture to another, as European publishers in major markets still employ editors who read a variety of languages and thus play the role of intermediaries in how books travel from one culture to another.     

萨克斯和戈德曼谈中俄经济体制改革

过去中苏都实行了高度集中的中央计划经济体制,90年代以来,两国又都把市场经济作为自己的发展目标和模式,但两国改革的道路和方法却迥然相异,因此,探讨向市场经济体制过渡的正确道路和方法,成为各国学者普遍感兴趣的问题。在这里,我们仅选择两位美国学者相互对立的观点,并加以自己的分析和研究,以引起人们对这个问题的关注。     

论林译《撒克逊劫后英雄略》中的文化改写

林纾是近代中国翻译史上颇具争议的一个传奇人物,因大量译介外国文学作品而备受瞩目,同时也因大量"讹"译而倍受指责;此处无意评价林译的功过得失,而只对林译《撒克逊劫后英雄略》中的数个译例进行微观分析,以小见大,探讨林译的改写策略及其合理性。     

A Game for Christmas? The Argylls,Saxons and Football on the Western Front,December 1914

Historians know that any mention of football and World War I will involve discussions of the Christmas truces of 1914 and the mythical football match between British and German troops. Many British soldiers denied that any truce had occurred let alone a football match. However, while there is indisputable evidence of truces, triangulating proof of football has been elusive. In this paper, a case study of the British 2/Argylls and the German 133/Saxons is developed. The underlying reasons behind the truce are discussed and why some combatants, in the short break from trying to kill each other, probably played football, even though certainly not as the formal match of popular imagination. It is argued that the truce was a result of unique circumstances and was not an overwhelmingly inspirational moment for the majority of troops involved; they all returned to the fighting. Most participants on both sides of the truce probably regarded it as an unexpected holiday and some availed themselves of the opportunity to play their favourite game. The paper concludes by examining recent commemorative events of Christmas 1914 and how they may have contributed to the myth of ‘The Football Match’.