The Perils of Interpreting

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contents Acknowledgments · ix Dramatis Personae · xi Introduction 1 PART I LIVES THAT CROSSED THE WORLD 15 chapter 1 The Li Family of Liangzhou 17 chapter 2 George Leonard Staunton of Galway 26 chapter 3 Li Zibiao’s Education in Naples 37 chapter 4 George Thomas Staunton’s Peculiar Childhood 50 PART II LI ZIBIAO A ND LORD MACARTNEY’S EMBASSY 59 chapter 5 Finding an Interpreter for an Embassy to China 61 chapter 6 Crossing the Oceans 72 chapter 7 Other Possible Interpreters 85 chapter 8 Li Zibiao as Interpreter and Mediator 100 chapter 9 Speaking to the Emperor 114 chapter 10 Becoming an Invisible Interpreter 129 chapter 11 Li Zibiao after the Embassy 141 PART III GEORGE THOMAS STAUNTON AND THE CANTON TRADE 153 chapter 12 George Thomas Staunton Becomes an Interpreter 155 chapter 13 Sir George Staunton, Translator and Banker 168 chapter 14 The British Occupation of Macao and Its Aftermath 182 chapter 15 A Linguist and His Troubles 195 chapter 16 The Amherst Embassy 207 PART IV EXCLUSION 221 chapter 17 Li Zibiao’s Last Years in Hiding 223 chapter 18 Staunton in Parliament 233 chapter 19 The Opium War 247 chapter 20 Forgetting 259 Conclusion 270 Abbreviations · 275 Glossary · 277 Notes · 279 Selected Bibliography · 319 Illustration Credits · 331 Index · 333 10.1515_9780691225470-fm 10.1515_9780691225470-toc 10.1515_9780691225470-001 10.1515_9780691225470-002 10.1515_9780691225470-003 10.1515_9780691225470-004 10.1515_9780691225470-005 10.1515_9780691225470-006 10.1515_9780691225470-007 10.1515_9780691225470-008 10.1515_9780691225470-009 10.1515_9780691225470-010 10.1515_9780691225470-011 10.1515_9780691225470-012 10.1515_9780691225470-013 10.1515_9780691225470-014 10.1515_9780691225470-015 10.1515_9780691225470-016 10.1515_9780691225470-017 10.1515_9780691225470-018 10.1515_9780691225470-019 10.1515_9780691225470-020 10.1515_9780691225470-021 10.1515_9780691225470-022 10.1515_9780691225470-023 10.1515_9780691225470-024 10.1515_9780691225470-025 10.1515_9780691225470-026 10.1515_9780691225470-027 10.1515_9780691225470-028 10.1515_9780691225470-029 10.1515_9780691225470-030 10.1515_9780691225470-031