The Role of Translation in the Process of Chinese Revolution

doi:10.12002/j.bisu.154

Abstract

Abstract:

In the process of Chinese revolution, translation has always been playing a very important role which varies in different periods,（1）as a means of cultural enlightenment, which manifests chiefly in the period of the democratic revolution;（2）as an instrument of ideology, which finds main embodiment in the period from the beginning of socialist revolution to the end of the Cultural Revolution; （3）as a window through which to access to the outside world, which chiefly manifests in the period of the reform and opening up till the beginning of the present century; （4）as a way of remapping global culture and world literature, which finds particular embodiment since the beginning of the new century when the reform has come to a deep-going stage. In short, translation has enabled China to be closer to the world: on the one hand, it has brought to China the most advanced science and technology as well as intellectual thoughts thus speeding up China’s modernization; on the other hand, it also enables China to introduce its culture and literature to the world thus contributing a lot to global culture and world literature. In view of all the above, we do think that translation is both inevitable and important in China.

Keywords: translation; Chinese revolution; Chinese culture; Chinese literature; world

摘要：

在中国革命的进程中,翻译扮演了一个十分重要的角色,但是它的这种角色在不同的阶段有所不同：（1）作为文化启蒙的手段,这主要体现在民主革命时期;（2）为意识形态服务,这一角色主要体现在社会主义革命开始直到文革结束;（3）作为向世界开放之窗口,这一角色主要体现在改革开放以来直到21世纪初;（4）作为重绘全球文化和世界文学之版图的方式,这一角色主要体现在进入21世纪以来的改革开放纵深阶段。总之,翻译使得中国更接近世界：它一方面能将世界上的先进科学技术和人文思想理论引进中国,加速中国的现代化进程;另一方面,它又可以将中国的文化和文学译介到世界,从而对全球文化和世界文学作出自己的独特贡献。因此,翻译既是必不可少的,同时又是十分重要的。

关键词: 翻译, 中国革命, 中国文化, 中国文学, 世界

CLC Number:

H315.9

Ning WANG. The Role of Translation in the Process of Chinese Revolution[J]. Journal of Beijing International Studies University, 2018, 40(3): 3-13.

王宁. 翻译在中国革命进程中的作用[J]. 北京第二外国语学院学报, 2018, 40(3): 3-13.

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