Course Syllabus---History of Translation in the World

Lesson	Course Title	Description
Lesson1	Translation and commentary as means of understanding beyond Language regions and eras	Explanation of overall structure of the course
Lesson2	History of Commentaries of “Torah”, the Judaist Bible	1. Outline of Jewish history 2. “Mishnah” and “Talmud” as Commentaries of “Torah”
Lesson3	History of Translation of Buddhist Sutras	1. History of Buddhism 2. Buddhism in Japan 3. Kumarajiva 4. Xuanzang 5. Comparison of the Translations of the “Heart Sutra” (Prajnaparamita hrdaya)
Lesson4	Imperialism and Translation	1. White supremacy 2. British Imperialism and India 3. Difference between British and Indian Translations of “Rig Veda” and the Cause of Difference
Lesson5	History of Translation of the “New Testament”	1. History of Christianity and “New Testament” 2. Hieronymus and the Latin Translation 3. Translations into European Languages (Czech, German, English)
Lesson6	Language and National Problems in the Habsburg Empire	1. Meaning of “Nationalism” 2. Habsburg Empire in the Nineteenth Century 3. Germanization of Czechs and the Czech cultural Resurrection 4. “Language Ordinances” by Taaffe and Badeni
Lesson7	Development of International Laws and International Institutions	1. Grotius, Father of International Laws 2. World War I and League of Nations 3. World War II and United Nations
Lesson8	History of Japanese Diplomacy and Translation	1. Written Chinese as International Language and Chinese Education 2. Falsification of Diplomatic Documents between Tokugawa Shogunate and Chosun Korea 3. “United States-Japan Treaty of Amity and Commerce” as the Beginning of Modern Diplomacy 4. “Treaty of Peace with Japan” as the Beginning of Post-War Diplomacy
Lesson9	History of Commentaries in terms of Confucius’ ”Analects”	1. History of Confucianism and the Ideas of “Analects” 2. Comparison between He Yan’s Old- and Zhu Xi’s New Commentaries
Lesson10	History of Studies in terms of Western Cultures in Japan	1. The Jesuits and their Introduction of Japanese Culture 2. Japan’s Seclusion and Dutch Trading House in Dejima, Nagasaki 3. Translation of “Anatomische Tabellen” (German Original Text, Dutch-, Chinese- Modern Japanese Translations)
Lesson11	History of Chinese Studies in the west and English Translation of “Analects”	1. Chinese Information through the Jesuits 2. Chinese Studies in Britain and France 3. Comparison of English Translations of “Analects”
Lesson12	History of Translation of “Tale of Genji” into Modern Japanese	1. “Aobyoshi-Hon” and “Kawachi-Hon” as Manuscripts and “Kogetsu-sho” as a Commentary 2. Creation Process of “Tale of Genji” 3. Comparison of Modern Japanese Translation ( Eiichi Shibuya, Akiko Yosano, Fumiko Enchi) 4. “Karazae” (Chinese Learning) and “Yamato Damashii” (Japanese Spirit)
Lesson13	History of Japanese Studies in the West and History of English Translation of “Tale of Genji”	1. Development of Japanese Studies in the West 2. Murasaki Shikibu’s Nationalistic Self Assertion against Chinese Culture: Novel’s Supremacy over History Books 3. Comparison of Translation between Waley and Seidensticker 4. Second-hand Translation of Waley’s by Hideki Samata
Lesson14	English-, German-, and French Studies in Japan	1. Development of Higher Education Institutions and Education of Western Languages during Meiji Era 2. British Literature and “Hamlet” 3. German Literature and “Faust” 4. French Literature and “Chanson d’automne”
Lesson15	Slavic- and Islamic Studies in Japan	1. Russian studies and “War and Peace” 2. Islamic Studies and “Quran”
Lesson16	Summary	Future of Translation and Commentary in the International Communication