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Early 20th century witnessed the social and cultural transformation of China．Embracing and reflecting modernity at the same time，Lu Xun developed the humanistic ideal as well as the complex feeling of loneliness and perplexity which constitute Lu Xun’s unique personal discourses presented in translations of A Youth’s Dream and Preface to Also Sprach Zarathustra．Exploring the translation selection and translation strategies，this paper discloses the efforts the translator made for the building of national identity．As it turned out，endeavors were made in the two translations to attain the aim by combining the translation selection and strategies together，and only Preface to Also Sprach Zarathustra succeeded in presenting a clear vision of national identity building，which affected the Lu Xun’s overall translations in the May Fourth period．

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