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Category
Images
Institution
Heidelberg University
Access
open access
URL
https://chinacomx.github.io/translations/
Description
ChinaComx Translations is an open-access digital project hosted by the Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies (CATS) at Heidelberg University. The project publishes English and German translations of exemplary lianhuanhua (Chinese picture-story books) from the Mao and early post-Mao years (primarily 1970s–1980s), with one contemporary title from 2024. As of March 2026, fourteen translations are available, organized into five thematic categories: works adapted from classics of Chinese literature, tales of youth and socialist-patriotic ideals, science popularization lianhuanhua, transcultural texts and storylines, and contemporary lianhuanhua. Each translation includes high-resolution scanned images, transcribed original Chinese text, and the translation presented side by side, along with a scholarly introduction by the translator(s). Translations draw on the CATS-Seifert Collection of Chinese Comics at Heidelberg.
Source List
ACLS Open Database Resource Guide
Tags
Contemporary (post-1978) Literature Popular media Translation Digital humanities Art and Architecture
Last Modified
5/16/2026 10:27am