Sun Zhili (; born 1942) is a Chinese translator. He is among the first few in China who translated the works of

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. His translations are well respected by domestic and overseas scholars.

Biography

Sun was born in 1942 in China. He was a professor at the PLA College of Foreign Languages (now PLA Information Engineering University). He started to publish works in 1979, after the

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Personal life

Sun married Tang Huixin (), who is also an English teacher.

Translations

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References

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