Qian Gechuan

Qian Gechuan (1903–1990), originally named Muzu and known by the pen names Gechuan and Weigan, was a native of Xiangtan, Hunan, and a renowned Chinese essayist, translator and English scholar. He studied in Japan in his early years and later pursued research in English and American language and literature at the University of London. He served as a professor at Wuhan University, Soochow University, National Taiwan University—where he was dean of the College of Liberal Arts—and Nanyang University in Singapore, and lived in New York after 1972. Devoted to English teaching and translation studies, he wrote works that combine scholarship with practicality. His representative works include The Art of Translation, Basic Knowledge of Translation, and Detailed Explanations of English Problems and its sequel, as well as the learner-oriented Complete Guide to English Grammar and Composition and Qian Gechuan’s Complete English Learning Collection, which have had a lasting influence on English learning and translation practice.