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Published in 1984: The Waltharius and Ruodlieb are considered by many scholars to be among the finest works of medieval Latin literature. Both the Waltharius, composed by an anonymous eleventh-century poet from Southern Germany, are heroic narratives that provide examples of the creative transformation of the Latin epic tradition into a vehicle for expression of Christian values.

Western artists, philosophers and politicians have inevitably viewed China and its actions through a distorting lens – often seeking to confirm assumptions rather than to gain new understanding. This paper examines Western and specifically American responses to three manifestations of the Silk Road: the historical Silk Road that enabled the transport of goods, people and ideas from China through Central Asia as far as Europe; the “Silk Road of the Western Imagination;” and the modern transformation of the Silk Road into China’s Belt and Road Initiative. It explores reasons for the American idealized fascination for the first two and hostility toward the BRI. The tendency to interpret history and China from a “heroic” perspective serves as an obstacle to fostering a modern era of cultural exchange and cooperation that both Americans and Chinese believe the Silk Road symbolizes.

For more than thirty years, Translation Review has provided not only a forum for the exchange of ideas about the practice and theory of translation but also a bully pulpit for promoting the role an...

(1986). Editorial: Medieval Literature in Translation: A Polemical Assessment. Translation Review: Vol. 19, Medieval Literature, pp. 1-2.

(1987). Editorial: Translation and the Future of Education. Translation Review: Vol. 24-25, Special Conference Issue: Translation and the Future of Education, pp. 1-2.