Chen Liangting | |||||||
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Native name | 陈良廷 | ||||||
Born | 1929 Chanyang District, Shantou, Guangdong, China | ||||||
Died | (aged 91) Shanghai, China | ||||||
Occupation | Translator | ||||||
Language | Chinese, English | ||||||
Alma mater | Kwang Hua University | ||||||
Genre | Novel | ||||||
Notable works | The Old Man and the Sea The Chronicles of Narnia | ||||||
Spouse | Liu Wenlan | ||||||
Relatives | Liu Renjing | (father-in-law)||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 陳良廷 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 陈良廷 | ||||||
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Chen Liangting (Chinese: 陈良廷; 1929–2020) was a Chinese translator. He is famous for translating American literary works. He was a member of the China Democratic League.
Chen was born in Chaoyang District of Shantou, Guangdong, in 1929. He secondary studied at Guanghua Experimental Middle School. In 1947 he was accepted by Kwang Hua University (now East China Normal University). After university, he worked at Warner Films in Shanghai as a subtitle translator. Since 1951, he has been engaged in translation for foreign literature. Since 1978, he has focused on translating and introducing American contemporary dramas and popular fiction.[1]
He was a member of the China Writers Association and Shanghai Museum of Literature and History.[2]
In 1951, Chen married Liu Wenlan (刘文澜; born 1931), who is also a translator. His father-in-law Liu Renjing was one of the early leaders of the Communist Party of China.[1]