A Multi-Perspective Analysis Of Economic Literature Translation In China, 1840-1949

The present study provides a chronological review of the economic literature translation in China during the period 1840-1949. Having reviewed different approaches to translation studies, this thesis designs an integrated research model for the study of translation history, which is to investigate the history from the perspective of ideology, culture, politics, and economy on a macro level and from the angle of source text, patronage, target readers, language, and translator's intention on a micro level. The author advocates that translator plays a central role in translation, and that translation history is indeed a history of interculture and a history of translators.