翻译究竟是什么?今天人们谈到翻译时又会想到什么?要回答这样的问题,我们必须先从中国翻译的历史开始谈起。千百年来的中国翻译史上记载的多为译人事件与行为,即将异域的文化资源译介到本土。这些译入活动均从中国社会发展内需出发——无论是早期的佛经翻译、明清时期的科技翻译,还是明末清初严复的社 What exactly is translation? What do people think of when they talk about translation today? To answer such a question, we must start with the history of Chinese translation. For thousands of years the history of Chinese translation recorded mostly translators and acts, the forthcoming translation of exotic cultural resources to the native. All of these translation activities proceeded from the domestic demand for social development in China - whether it was the early translation of Buddhist scriptures, the translation of science and technology during the Ming and Qing Dynasties,