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Yao Naiqiang (Chinese: 姚乃強; born September 1936) is a Chinese translator. He is most notable for being one of the main translators into Chinese of the works of the American novelists F. Scott Fitzgerald and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
He is currently a professor and a doctoral supervisor of PLA Foreign Language College, a member of the National College Professional Foreign Language Teaching Steering Committee, and a standing director of China English Teaching Association.
Biography
Yao was born in Shanghai, in September 1936. He joined the People's Liberation Army in July 1951 and enrolled in the military academy to study English. In 1957 he graduated from Peking University, where he majored in English language and literature. In 2010 the Chinese Translation Association conferred on him the title of "Senior Translator".
Works
- The Great Gatsby (了不起的盖茨比)
- The Scarlet Letter (红字)
- Xinhua Dictionary with English Translation (汉英双解新华字典)