https://secondreading.net/en/tags/book-review/Recent content in Book Review on Second ReadingHugoenTue, 10 Nov 2026 08:30:00 -0600https://secondreading.net/en/posts/kessler-kangxi-translation-errors/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 08:30:00 -0600https://secondreading.net/en/posts/kessler-kangxi-translation-errors/The Chinese translation of Lawrence Kessler's K'ang-hsi and the Consolidation of Ch'ing Rule, 1661–1684 adds a 'golden age' title the author never wrote, and its first three pages alone turn 'racial' into 'extreme', reverse the meaning of a key sentence about Chinese patriots, and turn 'had begun to accommodate' into 'had long since adapted'.