The Buddha’s Europe (or Should It Be Europe’s Buddha?)

In “Robinson Crusoe’s Earthenware,” Lydia Liu makes an observation that there is something a translated text can tell us that the original cannot. Her original argument relates to the Chinese translation of Robinson Crusoe that reveals a gap in understanding, leading her to inquire about the original text of Robinson Crusoe itself. The significance of this translingual examination goes beyond theories of translation. It implies the possibility of understanding the center through renditions at..