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.

• Eric Abrahamsen

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

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

• Homer H. Dubs

• Gia-Fu Feng

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

• 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

• Jeremy Ingalls

• Linda Jaivin

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

• Ken Liu

• John Minford
• Stephen Mitchell (translator)

• Martin Palmer
• David Pollard
• Ezra Pound

• Qiu Xiaolong

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

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

• Jeremy Tiang
• Robert Thom (translator)

• Edna W. Underwood

• Laura Veirs

• 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
• Honey Watson
• Thomas Watters
• Timothy C. Wong

• Xu Yuanchong

• Gladys Yang
• Yang Xianyi