Song Shusheng

{{Short description|Chinese politician}}

{{Family name hatnote|Song|lang=Chinese}}

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| office1 = Director of the Compilation and Translation Bureau

| term_start1 = August 1980

| term_end1 = July 1996

| predecessor1 = {{ill|Wang Huide|zh|王惠德}}

| successor1 = {{ill|Wei Jianhua (translator)|zh|韦建桦|lt=Wei Jianhua}}

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| native_name = 宋书声

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| birth_place = Xinhe County, Hebei, China

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| party = Chinese Communist Party

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| alma_mater = Beijing Foreign Studies University

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Song Shusheng ({{zh|s=宋书声}}; born 1928) is a Chinese translator and politician who served as director of the Compilation and Translation Bureau between 1980 and 1996. He was one of the founders of the Translators Association of China and also president of the association from 1998 to 2004.{{cite news |title=Song Shusheng |url=http://www.china.org.cn/arts/National_Translation_Conference/2012-12/05/content_27317505.htm |access-date=10 May 2024 |work=china.org |date=5 December 2012}}{{cite news |title=Wang Huning visits cultural workers, scientists |url=http://english.scio.gov.cn/topnews/2018-02/14/content_50521569.htm |access-date=10 May 2024 |work=scio.gov.cn |date=14 February 2018}} He was a representative of the 12th, 13th, and 14th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.{{cite web |language=zh|script-title=zh:中国共产党第十四次全国代表大会|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-01/16/content_2468098.htm|accessdate=10 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104235848/http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-01/16/content_2468098.htm|archive-date=2013-11-04}} He was a member of the 8th and 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.{{cite news |url=http://www.cppcc.gov.cn/zxww/2019/11/20/ARTI1574230113503836.shtml |script-title=zh:第八届中国人民政治协商会议全国委员会组成人员名单 |work=cppcc.gov.cn |date=20 November 2019 |access-date=10 May 2024 |language=zh}}

Biography

Song was born in Xinhe County, Hebei, in 1928.{{cite news |author1=Hao Jinzhi ({{lang|zh|郝金枝}}) |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2018-11/13/c_129992759.htm |script-title=zh:【图说榜样】宋书声:马列情缘 |work=xinhuanet.com |date=13 November 2018 |access-date=10 May 2024 |language=zh}} He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1949. In 1949, he graduated from the Russian language class of the Foreign Language Department of the Second Department of North China University (now Beijing Foreign Studies University).{{cite news |author1=Yue Hongbin ({{lang|zh|岳弘彬}}) |author2=Dong Xiaowei ({{lang|zh|董晓伟}}) |url=http://opinion.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0610/c1003-31126305.html |script-title=zh:人民日报:毕生坚守有“书声” |work=people.com.cn |date=10 June 2019 |access-date=10 May 2024 |language=zh}}{{cite news |author1=Zheng Hai'ou ({{lang|zh|郑海鸥}}) |url=http://culture.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0326/c1013-30995830.html |script-title=zh:毕生坚守 尤显厚重(讲述·一辈子一件事) |work=people.com.cn |date=26 March 2019 |access-date=10 May 2024 |language=zh}} In 1951, he became a translator in the Translation Office of Stalin's Complete Works by the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party. In 1953, he joined the newly founded Compilation and Translation Bureau, where he eventually became director in June 1980. He retired in 2005.

Awards

  • 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award in Translation{{cite news |author1=Li Hongxing ({{lang|zh|李洪兴}}) |url=https://www.sohu.com/a/342022987_120067586#google_vignette |script-title=zh:《人民日报•暖闻热评•择一事 终一生》系列 |work=Sohu |date=19 September 2019 |access-date=10 May 2024 |language=zh}}

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