Chen Liangting
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Chen Liangting | |||||||
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| Native name | 陈良廷 | ||||||
| Born | 1929 | ||||||
| Died | (aged 91) Shanghai, China | ||||||
| Occupation | Translator | ||||||
| Language | Chinese, English | ||||||
| Alma mater | Kwang Hua University | ||||||
| Genre | Novel | ||||||
| Notable works | The Old Man and the Sea The Chronicles of Narnia | ||||||
| Spouse | Liu Wenlan | ||||||
| Relatives | Liu Renjing (father-in-law) | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 陳良廷 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈良廷 | ||||||
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Chen Liangting (Chinese: 陈良廷; 1929–2020) was a Chinese translator. He is famous for translating American literary works. He was a member of the China Democratic League.
Chen was born in Chaoyang District of Shantou, Guangdong, in 1929. He secondary studied at Guanghua Experimental Middle School. In 1947 he was accepted by Kwang Hua University (now East China Normal University). After university, he worked at Warner Films in Shanghai as a subtitle translator. Since 1951, he engaged in translation for foreign literature. Since 1978, he focused on translating and introducing American contemporary dramas and popular fiction.[1]
He was a member of the China Writers Association and Shanghai Museum of Literature and History.[2]
