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Chenxin Jiang

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Chenxin Jiang

Chenxin Jiang translates from Italian, German, and Chinese. Recent translations include Tears of Salt: A Doctor’s Story by Pietro Bartolo and Lidia Tilotta (Norton), shortlisted for the 2019 Italian Prose in Translation Award, Volatile Texts: Us Two by Zsuzsanna Gahse (Dalkey Archive), and the PEN/Heim-winning The Cowshed: Memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Ji Xianlin (NYRB). She was a recent judge for the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize. Until recently, she was Senior Editor (Chinese) at Asymptote Journal.

Articles by Chenxin Jiang

Trial Run

nothing is certain but and taxes

Translated from Chinese by Chenxin Jiang

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An Interview with Yan Lianke

By Chenxin Jiang

China is a great environment for an author, because such implausible things happen in everyday life.

Translated from Chinese by the author

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from “Memories of the Cowshed”

I knew that Zhang’s weapon must be a bicycle chain wrapped in rubber.

Translated from Chinese by Chenxin Jiang

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An Interview with Chan Koon-chung

By Chenxin Jiang

There is indeed no place like China–but that isn’t necessarily a good thing.

Translated from Chinese by the author

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