Vibeke Børdahl Editor & Author

Dr Vibeke Børdahl, a senior researcher at NIAS, has been described as one of the most accomplished scholars in the study of Chinese oral literature. As well as doing much research on the interplay of oral and written traditions in Chinese popular literature and performance culture, over the past decade she has translated the full work of Jin Ping Mei into Danish. Dr Lintao (Rick) Qi is Lecturer of Translation Studies at Monash University. Besides actively researching and publishing on important translation issues concerning Chinese traditional and modern literature (including an acclaimed study of Jin Ping Mei), Rick is also a certified translator and the editor of two journals in the field.