List of Chinese-English translators

This is a list of Chinese-English translators.

Lists and biographies of translators of contemporary literature (fiction, essays, poetry) are maintained by Paper Republic, Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (MCLC), and on the Renditions Translator database.

A

 * Eric Abrahamsen

B

 * John Balcom
 * Geremie Barme
 * Samuel Beal
 * Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor
 * Witter Bynner

C

 * Yuen Ren Chao
 * Chen Maiping
 * Cheng Yang-ping
 * Chi Pang-yuan
 * Thomas Cleary
 * Arthur Cooper (translator)

D

 * Homer H. Dubs

F

 * Gia-Fu Feng

G

 * Herbert Giles
 * Lionel Giles
 * Howard Goldblatt — translator of contemporary Chinese fiction
 * Eleanor Goodman - translator of contemporary Chinese poetry
 * Gu Hongming
 * Robert van Gulik

H

 * Lloyd Haft
 * Nicky Harman
 * David Hawkes (sinologist) — translator of the Chinese classic Story of the Stone or Dream of the Red Chamber, by Cao Xueqin
 * David Hinton
 * Brian Holton (translator)
 * Huang Ai

I

 * Jeremy Ingalls

J

 * Linda Jaivin

K

 * George Kao
 * Gregory B. Lee
 * Mabel Lee
 * James Legge
 * Sylvia Li-chun Lin
 * Lin Wusong
 * Perry Link
 * Julia Lovell
 * Charles Luk

L

 * Ken Liu

M

 * John Minford
 * Stephen Mitchell (translator)

P

 * Martin Palmer
 * David Pollard
 * Ezra Pound

Q

 * Qiu Xiaolong

R

 * Michael Rank
 * Jo Riley
 * Rudolf Ritsema
 * David Tod Roy

S

 * Michael Saso
 * Sidney Shapiro
 * William Edward Soothill
 * Fiona Sze-Lorrain

T

 * Jeremy Tiang
 * Robert Thom (translator)

U

 * Edna W. Underwood

V

 * Laura Veirs

W

 * Arthur Waley
 * Wang Chi-chen
 * Helen Wang — translator of contemporary Chinese literature, especially fiction for children
 * Annelise Finegan Wasmoen - winner of 2015 Best Translated Book Award
 * Burton Watson
 * Thomas Watters
 * Timothy C. Wong

X

 * Xu Yuanchong

Y

 * Gladys Yang
 * Yang Xianyi