Jacques Dars (1941 – 28 December 2010) was a French sinologist and translator.
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Décès du sinologue Jacques Dars
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''. 4 January 2011. Retrieved on 8 December 2013. "Polyglotte, il parlait plus de vingt langues." He translated several works into French, including ''
Water Margin
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'' (''Shuihu zhuan'').
In 1979 he won the
Prix Langlois,
Prix de l’Académie française for the ''Traduction de Au bord de l’eau, de Shi Naï-an et Luo Guan-Zhong''.
He spoke over 20 languages. He died on 28 December 2010 in
Annecy
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at age 69.
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Publications
In French:
* ''La marine chinoise du Xe au XIVe siècle'', 1992, Economica, Paris
* ''Comment lire un roman chinois'', 2001, Picquier, Arles
* ''L'unique trait de pinceau'', avec Fabienne Verdier
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et Cyrille Javary, 2001, Albin Michel
* Dars, Jacques.
Traduction terminable et interminable
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Archive
In: Alleton, Vivianne and Michael Lackner (editors). '' De l'un au multiple: traductions du chinois vers les langues européennes Translations from Chinese into European Languages''. Éditions de la maison des sciences de l'homme (Les Editions de la MSH, FR), 1999, Paris
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. p. 146-159. , 9782735107681. - English abstract available
Translations (in French):
* Li Yu (2003). ''Au gré d'humeurs oisives : Les carnets secrets de Li Yu : un art du bonheur en Chine''. Arles
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: Éditions Philippe Picquier The Éditions Philippe Picquier are a French publishing house. It specializes in books coming from Far East, i.e., translated books coming from China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, India, Taiwan, and Pakistan.
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.
* Shi Nai'an
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, '' Au bord de l'eau'' (''Shuihu zhuan''), traduit, présenté et annoté par J. Dars, préface d'Étiemble, Gallimard, Paris, 1st édition 1978 - Prix Langlois 1979 de l'Académie française
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Ji Yun
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, ''Passe-temps d'un été à Luanyang'', traduit du chinois, présenté et annoté par J. Dars, 1998, Gallimard, Paris
* Ji Yun, ''Des nouvelles de l'au-delà '', textes choisis, traduits du chinois et annotés par J. Dars, 2005, Gallimard, Paris
* Qu You, ''Le pavillon des Parfums-Réunis, et autres nouvelles chinoises des Ming'', traduit du chinois par Jacques Dars, revu par Tchang Foujouei, 2007, Gallimard, folio, Paris
Notes
External links
* Pierre Kaser,
Hommage à Jacques DarsArchive
, ''Association française d'études chinoises'' (French Association of Chinese Studies).
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1937 births
2010 deaths
20th-century French historians
20th-century French translators
Chinese–French translators
French sinologists