总序这套丛书,从名称上我们可以看出,是比较强调“资料”的重要性的。我们之所以把“翻译资料”放在“翻译研究”之前,无非是想说明一个早就人所共知但一段时间以来似乎受到忽略的道理:一切研究都是基于事实、基于前人的研究。换句话讲,研究,尤其是外语学科的研究,要像数码相机 Overall sequence This series of books, we can see from the name, is more emphasis on the “data” of importance. The reason why we put “translating materials” before “translation studies” is nothing more than a long-held belief that seems to have been ignored for some time. All research is based on facts and based on previous research. In other words, research, especially foreign language research, should be like a digital camera