1st Edition

Translation and the Sustainable Development Goals Cultural Contexts in China and Japan

By Meng Ji, Chris G. Pope Copyright 2019
128 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

128 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book offers insight into the use of empirical diffusionist models for analysis of cross-cultural and cross-national communication, translation and adaptation of the United Nation’s (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The book looks at three social analytical instruments of particular utility for the cross-national study of the translation and diffusion of global sustainable... Read more
Introduction. 1. The Growing Sustainability Discourse. 2. Social Diffusion of the Sustainability Discourse. 3. Current Developments towards Renewable Energy. 4. Development of Clean Energy in China and Japan. 5. Translation. 6. Multi-Sectoral Interaction for Social Diffusion of SDGs. 7. Corpus Research Methodologies. 8. Sustainable Living Discourse in China. 9. Diffusion of Sustainable Living Discourse in China and Japan. Conclusion. Appendices. References.

Biography

Meng Ji is Associate Professor at the School of Languages and Cultures at The University of Sydney.



Chris G. Pope is Assistant Professor at Kyoto Women’s University, specializing in East Asian politics and communication.