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UCLA Professor Translates Volumes of Korean Buddhist Texts
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Cool story - [snip]:
"Most recently, Buswell completed translating the first English version of the “Collected Works of Korean Buddhism,” a 13-volume compilation of original Korean Buddhist materials, written in classical Chinese.
'Each character is wood-blocked,” Buswell said, propping the original volume on his knee to point a finger at a line of Chinese characters on the page. “Someone had to (individually) stamp out each (character) with a block of wood and the paper.'"
http://www.dailybruin.com/article/2012/10/ucla-professor-translated-volumes-of-korean-buddhist-text-inspired-by-past-as-a-monk
"Most recently, Buswell completed translating the first English version of the “Collected Works of Korean Buddhism,” a 13-volume compilation of original Korean Buddhist materials, written in classical Chinese.
'Each character is wood-blocked,” Buswell said, propping the original volume on his knee to point a finger at a line of Chinese characters on the page. “Someone had to (individually) stamp out each (character) with a block of wood and the paper.'"
http://www.dailybruin.com/article/2012/10/ucla-professor-translated-volumes-of-korean-buddhist-text-inspired-by-past-as-a-monk
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My favorite part was this:
......"anyone who wants to learn a language well needs to go to the country,” he said.
Returning to Berkeley as a junior student in 1979, Buswell said the transition back to urban life was shocking, but not in the ways one might expect.
“I remember one thing that struck me when I got back is that your feet never touch the soil,” he said. “Most monasteries (in Asia) are way back in the deep mountains and forests, with a river running nearby. … The biggest change was suddenly being in the middle of crowds of people.”