翻译事业和一个民族对外实行开放政策,与外族进行文化交流密切相关。有对外交往,才需要翻译;翻译事业有了发展,又转过来促进文化交流。 我国的翻译事业始于汉代,盛于初唐。汉唐两代,我国积极与外交往,开辟道路,中南亚及中东的商旅纷纷前来中国,日本、高丽等国派使来华学习文化。中国高僧也前去印度取经。佛教经籍传入中土后,朝野致力于翻译, The cause of translation and the practice of a nation in opening up to the outside world are closely related to the cultural exchange with foreigners. With foreign contacts, it is necessary to translate; with the development of translation, turn around to promote cultural exchanges. Our country’s translation career started in the Han Dynasty and flourished in the early Tang Dynasty. The two generations of Han and Tang dynasties actively open up the road with foreign exchanges and the business travels of Central and South Asia and the Middle East have come to China, Japan, Korea and other countries to send Chinese to study the culture. Chinese monks also went to India to learn. After Buddhist scriptures were introduced to Turkey, they devoted themselves to translation.