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 ====Pioneers====
-Lin Zexu (1785--1850), an official of Fujian Province, was appointed as imperial envoy to go to Guangdong to ban smoking with great success in 1838. In order to grasp enemys' information, he set up a special translation institution to organizing timely the translation of Western books and newspapers, and actively collecting the information of Western society. Lin Zexu publicly destroyed opium confiscated from British, American and other merchants in June 1839, while actively preparing for the sea defense, repeatedly fighting back against the armed provocations of the British army. During his time as Governor, great attention was paid to collecting information on a wide range of Chinese and foreign warships and absorbing foreign technology in order to strengthen the navy. He was tightly guarded in the southern sea During the Opium War, which force the British to go north. “Lin Zexu advocated ‘surpass foreigners by learning from them’ on the issue of foreign aggression, demanding resistance to aggression, and does not exclude learning from the west's strengths.”During the smoking ban, Lin Zexu wanted to know about the global situation, so he had people translate ''The Encyclopedia of Geography'' and pro-polish it personally. This book, briefly introducing to Chinese in late Qing dynasty the geographies, histories and political status of the four continents in the world, is the first complete and systematic geography book in modern China.  But ''The Encyclopedia of Geography'' can not be published for various reasons at that time. According to the relevant scholars, the book introduced the world's five continents including more than 30 countries geography and history, rich in content, which is the most complete and the most innovative book. Many of the contents of this works were cited by Wei Yuan's ''Records and Maps of the World''. (Ma Zuyi 1998:53)
+Lin Zexu (1785--1850), an official of Fujian Province, was appointed as imperial envoy to go to Guangdong to ban smoking with great success in 1838. In order to grasp enemys' information, he set up a special translation institution to organizing timely the translation of Western books and newspapers, and actively collecting the information of Western society. Lin Zexu publicly destroyed opium confiscated from British, American and other merchants in June 1839, while actively preparing for the sea defense, repeatedly fighting back against the armed provocations of the British army. During his time as Governor, great attention was paid to collecting information on a wide range of Chinese and foreign warships and absorbing foreign technology in order to strengthen the navy. He was tightly guarded in the southern sea During the Opium War, which force the British to go north. “Lin Zexu advocated ‘surpass foreigners by learning from them’ on the issue of foreign aggression, demanding resistance to aggression, and does not exclude learning from the west's strengths.”During the smoking ban, Lin Zexu wanted to know about the global situation, so he had people translate ''The Encyclopedia of Geography'' and pro-polish it personally. This book, briefly introducing to Chinese in late Qing dynasty the geographies, histories and political status of the four continents in the world, is the first complete and systematic geography book in modern China. But ''The Encyclopedia of Geography'' can not be published for various reasons at that time. According to the relevant scholars, the book introduced the world's five continents including more than 30 countries geography and history, rich in content, which is the most complete and the most innovative book. Many of the contents of this works were cited by Wei Yuan's ''Records and Maps of the World''. (Ma Zuyi 1998:53)
 Wei Yuan (1794-1856) is a good friend of Lin Zexu, who, like Lin Zexu, advocates pragmatism. He finished 50 volumes of the first draft of ''Records and Maps of the World'' in 1843, which introduced a large number of foreign natural, geographical, economic, scientific, cultural and other materials, including ''The Encyclopedia of Geography'' compiled by Lin Zexu. “Information on foreign ship-making, mine warfare, telescopes, firearms and mines was added and the length of the book was expanded to 60 volumes in 1847. It was compiled and revised to add information on democracies in capitalist countries such as the United States and Turkey, and published in 100 volumes in 1852.”When launching the Modernization Movement, Kang Youwei used ''Records and Maps of the World'' as the basic material for teaching Western studies. Then this book gradually attracted people's attention. (Zou Zhenhuan 2007:349)
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 In 1863, Li Hongzhang applied to his superiors to imitate the Jing Shi Tongwen Guan in Beijing to open the wide dialect school in Shanghai, originally named "Shanghai Institute of Foreign Languages and Characters", later fixed "Tongwen Guan of learning foreign languages", referred to as "Shanghai Tongwen Guan", then changed its name in 1867 to "Shanghai Wide Dialect School." “Students also take foreign languages as their major course, and take historical and natural sciences as their minor course.” Many excellent translators have been cultivated in Shanghai Wide Dialect school. In 1864, Guangzhou imitated Shanghai Wide Dialect School and also set up a institution of foreign languages and characters, called Guangdong Tongwen Guan or Guangzhou Tongwen Guan. Although the institutions in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong were established in different time and they are independent mutually, they possess the obvious common ground at the aspect of , purpose for founding, teaching methods, curriculum settings, employment of the teachers and student selection. At the same time as the Tongwen Guan cultivate foreign language talents, it has also been translated a large number of western scientific works of higher quality. (Li Nanqiu 1996:96)
-Zeng Guofan founded Jiangnan Machine Manufacturing Bureau in Shanghai in 1865, which recruited talents and gradually developed into a large-scale factory group engaged in military production. “For the needs of factory production and manufacturing, xu Shou (1818-1884) and Hua Hengfang (1833-1902) founded the Translation institution in 1867, and presided over the translation and publication of a large number of scientific and technological books.”(Li Yashu, Li Nanqiu 2000:106-107) Xu Shou participated in the systematic translation of books on general chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, chemical quantitative analysis and chemical qualitative analysis, and promoted the diffusion of Western chemistry knowledge, which is recognized as “the enlightenment of modern chemistry in China”. Hua Hengfang’s translated books cover a wide range of subjects, because he like mathematics since childhood, his translation focus mainly on mathematics. His translation of the ''Microcomputer Traceability'' introduced the new knowledge of mathematics calculus, ''Decisive Mathematics'' for the first time introduced to the Chinese people the knowledge of probability theory. Through the translation of books, he improved his level of mathematical research, become a well-known mathematician and scientific and technological literature translator at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Zhao Yuanyi (1840-1902) is another outstanding translator of Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau Translation Museum. Knowledgeable, he widely translated Western books, especially good at translating Western modern medical books, such as ''The Law of Internal Medicine'', ''Western Medicine Denton'', ''Confucian Medicine'', ''General Theories of Medicine'' and so on. The quantity and quality of the medical books he translated were among the best at that time. (Du Shiran 1982:251)
+Zeng Guofan founded Jiangnan Machine Manufacturing Bureau in Shanghai in 1865, which recruited talents and gradually developed into a large-scale factory group engaged in military production. “For the needs of factory production and manufacturing, Xu Shou (1818-1884) and Hua Hengfang (1833-1902) founded the translation institution in 1867, and presided over the translation and publication of a large number of scientific and technological books.”(Li Yashu, Li Nanqiu 2000:106-107) Xu Shou participated in the systematic translation of books on general chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, chemical quantitative analysis and chemical qualitative analysis, and promoted the diffusion of Western chemistry knowledge, which is recognized as “the enlightenment of modern chemistry in China”. Hua Hengfang’s translated books cover a wide range of subjects, because he like mathematics since childhood, his translation focus mainly on mathematics. His translation of the ''Microcomputer Traceability'' introduced the new knowledge of mathematics calculus, ''Decisive Mathematics'' for the first time introduced to the Chinese people the knowledge of probability theory. Through the translation of books, he improved his level of mathematical research, become a well-known mathematician and scientific and technological literature translator at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Zhao Yuanyi (1840-1902) is another outstanding translator of Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau Translation Museum. Knowledgeable, he widely translated Western books, especially good at translating Western modern medical books, such as ''The Law of Internal Medicine'', ''Western Medicine Denton'', ''Confucian Medicine'', ''General Theories of Medicine'' and so on. The quantity and quality of the medical books he translated were among the best at that time. (Du Shiran 1982:251)
 At the end of the Qing Dynasty, many translation institutions were set up in Beijing, Shanghai and Fujian, such as the Military Engineering Secondary School (Shanghai, 1869), the Strong School Of Books (Beijing, 1895), the Nanyang Institute of Public Studies (Shanghai, 1895), the Agricultural Society (Shanghai, 1896), and the Translation Association (1897), Shanghai), Jingshi University Hall Translation Museum (Beijing, 1901), Jiang chu Compilation Bureau (1901, Wuchang), Business Press Library Compilation Institute (1905, Beijing) and Fujian Ship Administration School ( 1866, Fuzhou). These translation agencies have translated and published a large number of scientific and technical documents and textbooks.
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 A number of translation and publishing institutions were also founded by Christian missionary who came to China in the late Qing Dynasty, which, although serving missionary activities, objectively translated a number of Western natural science books. One of the earliest was founded in 1843, the Mohai Library. It is not very large that the number of western modern science books translated and published by Mohai Library. These books introduced the knowledge of Western modern calculus, astronomy, botany, symbolic algebra, mechanics and optics to our country earlier.(Gentzler, E. 1993:21)
-In addition to western missionaries, there are also some Chinese scholars, such as Wang Tao, Li Shanlan, Zhang Fuxuan and so on. Among them, Li Shanlan (1811-1882) was a famous mathematician in the Qing Dynasty and a pioneer of modern Chinese science. He has known mathematics since he was a child, and he learned ''Elements'' at the age of 15. During his stay in Shanghai in 1852, he met Alexander Wylie, an Englishman, and others, discussed Chinese and Western scholarship with them, and collaborated with Vera Toure on the last nine volumes of ''Element'', which were translated in 1856 and published the following year, culminating in Xu Guangqi's unfinished business. He has also collaborated with Westerners on a variety of scientific books, including ''Botany'', ''About Sky'', ''Algebra'', ''Generation Micro-Accumulation'', etc. Since then, a number of Christians have set up printing and publishing institutions. Such as the American-Chinese Library was set up by the American Presbyterian in Shanghai in 1860, which printed and published science and technology books. “In 1875, the British missionary John Fryer opened The Chinese Scientific BookDepot in Shanghai.” In addition to selling scientific instruments and foreign books, he translated independently and printed a variety of science books, including  the most famous books "knowledge series", which covering mining, geosciences, astronomy, geography, animals, plants, mathematics, acoustics, mechanics, hydrology, optics, chemistry and Western history, humanities and social etiquette and other aspects. (Sun Shangsun 1996:124-125)
+In addition to western missionaries, there are also some Chinese scholars, such as Wang Tao, Li Shanlan, Zhang Fuxuan and so on. Among them, Li Shanlan (1811-1882) was a famous mathematician in the Qing Dynasty and a pioneer of modern Chinese science. He has known mathematics since he was a child, and he learned ''Elements'' at the age of 15. During his stay in Shanghai in 1852, he met Alexander Wylie, an Englishman, and others, discussed Chinese and Western scholarship with them, and collaborated with Vera Toure on the last nine volumes of ''Element'', which were translated in 1856 and published the following year, culminating in Xu Guangqi's unfinished business. He has also collaborated with Westerners on a variety of scientific books, including ''Botany'', ''About Sky'', ''Algebra'', ''Generation Micro-Accumulation'', etc. Since then, a number of Christians have set up printing and publishing institutions. Such as the American-Chinese Library was set up by the American Presbyterian in Shanghai in 1860, which printed and published science and technology books. “In 1875, the British missionary John Fryer opened The Chinese Scientific BookDepot in Shanghai.” In addition to selling scientific instruments and foreign books, he translated independently and printed a variety of science books, including  the most famous books "Knowledges  Series", which covering mining, geosciences, astronomy, geography, animals, plants, mathematics, acoustics, mechanics, hydrology, optics, chemistry and Western history, humanities and social etiquette and other aspects. (Sun Shangsun 1996:124-125)
-Church Hospital Guangzhou Boji Hospital also has an attached translation agency. In order to compile teaching materials for the attached South China Medical School, Boji Hospital has compiled and published a large number of medical books since 1859, such as "The Pox Book", "Western Medicine", "Cutting Book", "Phlegmonosis", "Chemical Primary Order", "Internal Medicine", "Ten Chapters of Physical Use", "Western Medical Encyclopedia" and dozens of other books, early dissemination of Western medical knowledge. Its attached medical school for our country to train a batch of early Western medical talent.Foreign missionaries held a conference in Shanghai and decided to create a school textbook committee in 1877, later known as the Puzzle Book Club, to publish textbooks for church schools in many cities in China, especially coastal ports, and to compile and publish 104 textbooks in the 10 years from 1877 to 1886. At that time, China's own profane schools also used these textbooks, which promoted the development of modern modern schools in the late Qing Dynasty.(Bassnett S. 2005:58)
+Church Hospital Guangzhou Boji Hospital also has an attached translation agency. In order to compile teaching materials for the attached South China Medical School, Boji Hospital has compiled and published a large number of medical books since 1859, such as "The Pox Book", "Western Medicine", "Cutting Book", "Phlegmonosis", "Chemical Primary Order", "Internal Medicine", "Ten Chapters of Physical Use", "Western Medical Encyclopedia" and dozens of other books, early dissemination of Western medical knowledge. Its attached medical school for our country to train a batch of early Western medical talent. Foreign missionaries held a conference in Shanghai and decided to create a school textbook committee in 1877, later known as the Puzzle Book Club, to publish textbooks for church schools in many cities in China, especially coastal ports, and to compile and publish 104 textbooks in the 10 years from 1877 to 1886. At that time, China's own profane schools also used these textbooks, which promoted the development of modern modern schools in the late Qing Dynasty.(Bassnett S. 2005:58)
 In addition, an increasing number of influential translation and publishing institutions are the British, American, German and other countries composed of missionaries of the Broad Society. The translate agency mainly published a variety of social science books. Foreign missionaries set up these translation and publishing institutions of course for the purpose of missionary and colonial, but objectively they still introduced a lot of advanced Western scientific knowledge to China at that time.
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 ==Conclusion==
-Throughout China's translation achievements of science and technology , it seems that we go with the tide. Though occasionally we have some own views, the science that we are now in contact with is the view of Westerners. This can also provides some enlightenment from our modern education: it seems we have been western and internationalised, in fact, remain in a lack of the influence of the technology in the Chinese intrinsic culture. For quite a long time, we regard scientific translation as a pure translation in oral to express meaning. It demands a strictly functional equivalence. Translators were completely anonymous, absolutely invisible. Translation of science and technology with a great sanctity and authority, there have been a domestic famous scholar was opposed to the view that translation should have the artistry. In fact, scholarship is a matter, academic education is another matter. In academic research, our ancients were earnest and sincere in educating people by virtue. To put it in modern terms, it means to cultivate EQ as well as IQ of people. But throughout our education, we are producing a lot of people with high IQ but low EQ.“The translators of modern science and technology are generally invisible for fear of revealing any ‘translation traces’.”(Wang Hongzhi 2000:38) Although this can also be regarded as rigorous scholarship, but in view of the international development trend, scientific and technological literary style also began to pay attention to a certain artistic and aesthetic value. A technical article of literary or aesthetic value will continue to live on even when the technology described has become obsolete. “For scientific and technological translation, the same is true, if we want to make our translation vitality for a long time, we must also emphasize artistic and aesthetic value.”(Tan Suqin 2008:61)
+Throughout China's translation achievements of science and technology , it seems that we go with the tide. Though occasionally we have some own views, the science that we are now in contact with is the view of Westerners. This can also provides some enlightenment from our modern education: it seems we have been western and internationalised, in fact, remain in a lack of the influence of the technology in the Chinese intrinsic culture. For quite a long time, we regard scientific translation as a pure translation in oral to express meaning. It demands a strictly functional equivalence. Translators were completely anonymous, absolutely invisible. Translation of science and technology with a great sanctity and authority, there have been a domestic famous scholar was opposed to the view that translation should have the artistry. In fact, scholarship is a matter, academic education is another matter. In academic research, our ancients were earnest and sincere in educating people by virtue. To put it in modern terms, it means to cultivate EQ as well as IQ of people. But throughout our education, we are producing a lot of people with high IQ but low EQ. “The translators of modern science and technology are generally invisible for fear of revealing any ‘translation traces’.”(Wang Hongzhi 2000:38) Although this can also be regarded as rigorous scholarship, but in view of the international development trend, scientific and technological literary style also began to pay attention to a certain artistic and aesthetic value. A technical article of literary or aesthetic value will continue to live on even when the technology described has become obsolete. “For scientific and technological translation, the same is true, if we want to make our translation vitality for a long time, we must also emphasize artistic and aesthetic value.”(Tan Suqin 2008:61)
 The translation of science and technology in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China adopted the mode of mutual cooperation between Chinese scholar-officials and missionaries in China, among which the more famous ones were William Elias and John Fryer from England and Li Shanlan and Xu Shou from China. After the Opium War, the Translation institute of Jiangnan General Bureau of Manufacturing, The Jingshi Tongwen Guan, and the Guanghui Society all produced many cooperative translations. This model can be used for reference by many single-handed and independent workers in the field of scientific and technological translation. Scientific translation itself requires the translator to have a deep knowledge of English and Chinese, as well as professional knowledge of science and technology, which is multidisciplinary. If a translator should possess these abilities at the same time and be able to complete the translation work well, it is self-evident that it is difficult. And if it is given to those who have these abilities separately, they will do their best and take their responsibilities together, and their efficiency and quality will be improved a lot.

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 At that time, Chinese scholars established a number of early scientific societies, which played an active role in the translation of foreign scientific books, the unification of translation names and the compilation of disciplinary dictionaries. For example, the Chinese Medical Association, founded in Shanghai in February 1915, held its first conference in the second year for its establishment. The responsibility of the nominating division of the sub-body formed by the resolution of the conference is to participate in the examination of scientific translations. From 1916 to 1926, the Medical Association was represented at the annual conferences of the Medical Terminology Review Committee (changed to scientific Terminology after 1919), Anatomy, chemistry, medicine, bacteriology, pathology, parasitology, biochemistry, organic chemistry, pharmacology, surgery, physiology, internal medicine, pharmacology, etc. Chinese Science Society was founded by Zhao Yuanren, Ren Hongjun and Hu Mingfu in October 1915. At the beginning of the establishment of the society, it clearly declared that it would create a foundation for examining and approving translated names. In the sixth chapter "Administrative organs" of the ''General Chapter of the Chinese Science Society'', there is also a "book translation department". The ministry "manages translated books" and "has a minister in charge of translated books". There was a symposium on nouns in 1916, the results of which were published in the society's monthly ''Science''. Later, the ministry attended the noun examination meeting held by Jiangsu Education Association and Chinese Medical Association for many times. The Science Society organized many translations activities of books and papers, and ''Science'' published many scientific translations. The efforts of these civil academic societies to unify the translation of scientific names have attracted the attention of the government. The Kuomintang government changed the Ministry of Education into a graduate school in 1927, and in the following year, the preparatory Committee for the Unification of Graduate School translation names was established. Later, with the joint efforts of civil academic groups and government departments, a series of work on the unification of the translation of scientific nouns was carried out, which has done a lot of work for the unification of Chinese translation names.(Wills,W. 1982:283)
-From 1916 to 1926, the Medical Association was represented at the annual conferences of the Medical Terminology Review Committee (changed to scientific Terminology after 1919), Anatomy, chemistry, medicine, bacteriology, pathology, parasitology, biochemistry, organic chemistry, pharmacology, surgery, physiology, internal medicine, pharmacology, etc. Chinese Science Society was founded by Zhao Yuanren, Ren Hongjun and Hu Mingfu in October 1915. At the beginning of the establishment of the society, it clearly declared that it would create a foundation for examining and approving translated names. In the sixth chapter "Administrative organs" of the ''General Chapter of the Chinese Science Society'', there is also a "book translation department". The ministry "manages translated books" and "has a minister in charge of translated books". There was a symposium on nouns in 1916, the results of which were published in the society's monthly ''Science''. Later, the ministry attended the noun examination meeting held by Jiangsu Education Association and Chinese Medical Association for many times. The Science Society organized many translations activities of books and papers, and ''Science'' published many scientific translations. The efforts of these civil academic societies to unify the translation of scientific names have attracted the attention of the government. The Kuomintang government changed the Ministry of Education into a graduate school in 1927, and in the following year, the preparatory Committee for the Unification of Graduate School translation names was established. Later, with the joint efforts of civil academic groups and government departments, a series of work on the unification of the translation of scientific nouns was carried out, which has done a lot of work for the unification of Chinese translation names.(Wills,W. 1982:283)At the beginning of the founding of new China, China mainly relied on the former Soviet Union to introduce various advanced scientific and technological information. Under the planned economy system, a large number of Spanish translators quickly changed to Russian translators, and many scientific research and higher education personnel actively joined the group of amateur translators. At the same time, many national and local publishing houses also actively engaged in the translation and publication of Russian scientific materials. A large number of Russian translated materials played an important role in scientific research, education and economic construction at that time. Publications such as ''Translation Bulletin'', ''Russian Teaching and Translation'' and ''Research on Russian Teaching'' have become important publishing fields of Research on Russian translation methods.
+At the beginning of the founding of new China, China mainly relied on the former Soviet Union to introduce various advanced scientific and technological information. Under the planned economy system, a large number of Spanish translators quickly changed to Russian translators, and many scientific research and higher education personnel actively joined the group of amateur translators. At the same time, many national and local publishing houses also actively engaged in the translation and publication of Russian scientific materials. A large number of Russian translated materials played an important role in scientific research, education and economic construction at that time. Publications such as ''Translation Bulletin'', ''Russian Teaching and Translation'' and ''Research on Russian Teaching'' have become important publishing fields of Research on Russian translation methods.
 == Pioneers and Important Organizations of Scientific Translation==

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	Wei Yuan (1794-1856) is a good friend of Lin Zexu, who, like Lin Zexu, advocates pragmatism. He finished 50 volumes of the first draft of ''Records and Maps of the World'' in 1843, which introduced a large number of foreign natural, geographical, economic, scientific, cultural and other materials, including ''The Encyclopedia of Geography'' compiled by Lin Zexu. “Information on foreign ship-making, mine warfare, telescopes, firearms and mines was added and the length of the book was expanded to 60 volumes in 1847. It was compiled and revised to add information on democracies in capitalist countries such as the United States and Turkey, and published in 100 volumes in 1852.”When launching the Modernization Movement, Kang Youwei used ''Records and Maps of the World'' as the basic material for teaching Western studies. Then this book gradually attracted people's attention. (Zou Zhenhuan 2007:349)		Wei Yuan (1794-1856) is a good friend of Lin Zexu, who, like Lin Zexu, advocates pragmatism. He finished 50 volumes of the first draft of ''Records and Maps of the World'' in 1843, which introduced a large number of foreign natural, geographical, economic, scientific, cultural and other materials, including ''The Encyclopedia of Geography'' compiled by Lin Zexu. “Information on foreign ship-making, mine warfare, telescopes, firearms and mines was added and the length of the book was expanded to 60 volumes in 1847. It was compiled and revised to add information on democracies in capitalist countries such as the United States and Turkey, and published in 100 volumes in 1852.”When launching the Modernization Movement, Kang Youwei used ''Records and Maps of the World'' as the basic material for teaching Western studies. Then this book gradually attracted people's attention. (Zou Zhenhuan 2007:349)

−	Lin Zexu (1785--1850), an official of Fujian Province, was appointed as imperial envoy to go to Guangdong to ban smoking with great success in 1838. In order to grasp enemys' information, he set up a special translation institution to organizing timely the translation of Western books and newspapers, and actively collecting the information of Western society. Lin Zexu publicly destroyed opium confiscated from British, American and other merchants in June 1839, while actively preparing for the sea defense, repeatedly fighting back against the armed provocations of the British army. During his time as Governor, great attention was paid to collecting information on a wide range of Chinese and foreign warships and absorbing foreign technology in order to strengthen the navy. He was tightly guarded in the southern sea During the Opium War, which force the British to go north. “Lin Zexu advocated ‘surpass foreigners by learning from them’ on the issue of foreign aggression, demanding resistance to aggression, and does not exclude learning from the west's strengths.”During the smoking ban, Lin Zexu wanted to know about the global situation, so he had people translate ''The Encyclopedia of Geography'' and pro-polish it personally. This book, briefly introducing to Chinese in late Qing dynasty the geographies, histories and political status of the four continents in the world, is the first complete and systematic geography book in modern China. But ''The Encyclopedia of Geography'' can not be published for various reasons at that time. According to the relevant scholars, the book introduced the world's five continents including more than 30 countries geography and history, rich in content, which is the most complete and the most innovative book. Many of the contents of this works were cited by Wei Yuan's ''Records and Maps of the World''. (Ma Zuyi 1998:53)
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−	Wei Yuan (1794-1856) is a good friend of Lin Zexu, who, like Lin Zexu, advocates pragmatism. He finished 50 volumes of the first draft of ''Records and Maps of the World'' in 1843, which introduced a large number of foreign natural, geographical, economic, scientific, cultural and other materials, including ''The Encyclopedia of Geography'' compiled by Lin Zexu. “Information on foreign ship-making, mine warfare, telescopes, firearms and mines was added and the length of the book was expanded to 60 volumes in 1847. It was compiled and revised to add information on democracies in capitalist countries such as the United States and Turkey, and published in 100 volumes in 1852.”When launching the Modernization Movement, Kang Youwei used ''Records and Maps of the World'' as the basic material for teaching Western studies. Then this book gradually attracted people's attention. (Zou Zhenhuan 2007:349)

	Lin Zexu (1785--1850), an official of Fujian Province, was appointed as imperial envoy to go to Guangdong to ban smoking with great success in 1838. In order to grasp enemys' information, he set up a special translation institution to organizing timely the translation of Western books and newspapers, and actively collecting the information of Western society. Lin Zexu publicly destroyed opium confiscated from British, American and other merchants in June 1839, while actively preparing for the sea defense, repeatedly fighting back against the armed provocations of the British army. During his time as Governor, great attention was paid to collecting information on a wide range of Chinese and foreign warships and absorbing foreign technology in order to strengthen the navy. He was tightly guarded in the southern sea During the Opium War, which force the British to go north. “Lin Zexu advocated ‘surpass foreigners by learning from them’ on the issue of foreign aggression, demanding resistance to aggression, and does not exclude learning from the west's strengths.”During the smoking ban, Lin Zexu wanted to know about the global situation, so he had people translate ''The Encyclopedia of Geography'' and pro-polish it personally. In the late Qing dynasty, this book, briefly introducing to Chinese geographies, histories and political status of the four continents in the world, is the first complete and systematic geography book in modern China. --[[User:Zhou Jiu\|Zhou Jiu]] ([[User talk:Zhou Jiu\|talk]]) 02:12, 14 December 2021 (UTC) But ''The Encyclopedia of Geography'' can not be published for various reasons at that time. According to the relevant scholars, the book introduced the world's five continents including more than 30 countries geography and history, rich in content, which is the most complete and the most innovative book. Many of the contents of this works were cited by Wei Yuan's ''Records and Maps of the World''. (Ma Zuyi 1998:53) Wei Yuan (1794-1856) is a good friend of Lin Zexu, who, like Lin Zexu, advocates pragmatism. He finished 50 volumes of the first draft of ''Records and Maps of the World'' in 1843, which introduced a large number of foreign natural, geographical, economic, scientific, cultural and other materials, including ''The Encyclopedia of Geography'' compiled by Lin Zexu. “Information on foreign ship-making, mine warfare, telescopes, firearms and mines was added and the length of the book was expanded to 60 volumes in 1847. It was compiled and revised to add information on democracies in capitalist countries such as the United States and Turkey, and published in 100 volumes in 1852.”When launching the Modernization Movement, Kang Youwei used ''Records and Maps of the World'' as the basic material for teaching Western studies. Then this book gradually attracted people's attention. (Zou Zhenhuan 2007:349)		Lin Zexu (1785--1850), an official of Fujian Province, was appointed as imperial envoy to go to Guangdong to ban smoking with great success in 1838. In order to grasp enemys' information, he set up a special translation institution to organizing timely the translation of Western books and newspapers, and actively collecting the information of Western society. Lin Zexu publicly destroyed opium confiscated from British, American and other merchants in June 1839, while actively preparing for the sea defense, repeatedly fighting back against the armed provocations of the British army. During his time as Governor, great attention was paid to collecting information on a wide range of Chinese and foreign warships and absorbing foreign technology in order to strengthen the navy. He was tightly guarded in the southern sea During the Opium War, which force the British to go north. “Lin Zexu advocated ‘surpass foreigners by learning from them’ on the issue of foreign aggression, demanding resistance to aggression, and does not exclude learning from the west's strengths.”During the smoking ban, Lin Zexu wanted to know about the global situation, so he had people translate ''The Encyclopedia of Geography'' and pro-polish it personally. In the late Qing dynasty, this book, briefly introducing to Chinese geographies, histories and political status of the four continents in the world, is the first complete and systematic geography book in modern China. --[[User:Zhou Jiu\|Zhou Jiu]] ([[User talk:Zhou Jiu\|talk]]) 02:12, 14 December 2021 (UTC) But ''The Encyclopedia of Geography'' can not be published for various reasons at that time. According to the relevant scholars, the book introduced the world's five continents including more than 30 countries geography and history, rich in content, which is the most complete and the most innovative book. Many of the contents of this works were cited by Wei Yuan's ''Records and Maps of the World''. (Ma Zuyi 1998:53) Wei Yuan (1794-1856) is a good friend of Lin Zexu, who, like Lin Zexu, advocates pragmatism. He finished 50 volumes of the first draft of ''Records and Maps of the World'' in 1843, which introduced a large number of foreign natural, geographical, economic, scientific, cultural and other materials, including ''The Encyclopedia of Geography'' compiled by Lin Zexu. “Information on foreign ship-making, mine warfare, telescopes, firearms and mines was added and the length of the book was expanded to 60 volumes in 1847. It was compiled and revised to add information on democracies in capitalist countries such as the United States and Turkey, and published in 100 volumes in 1852.”When launching the Modernization Movement, Kang Youwei used ''Records and Maps of the World'' as the basic material for teaching Western studies. Then this book gradually attracted people's attention. (Zou Zhenhuan 2007:349)

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 Wei Yuan (1794-1856) is a good friend of Lin Zexu, who, like Lin Zexu, advocates pragmatism. He finished 50 volumes of the first draft of ''Records and Maps of the World'' in 1843, which introduced a large number of foreign natural, geographical, economic, scientific, cultural and other materials, including ''The Encyclopedia of Geography'' compiled by Lin Zexu. “Information on foreign ship-making, mine warfare, telescopes, firearms and mines was added and the length of the book was expanded to 60 volumes in 1847. It was compiled and revised to add information on democracies in capitalist countries such as the United States and Turkey, and published in 100 volumes in 1852.”When launching the Modernization Movement, Kang Youwei used ''Records and Maps of the World'' as the basic material for teaching Western studies. Then this book gradually attracted people's attention. (Zou Zhenhuan 2007:349)
 Xu Jishe (1795-1893) was also a patriotic official who paid attention to the collection of foreign translations during the Opium War. Referring to the collection of foreign historical books (including translated books), he recorded the dictation of foreign books by foreigners, and completed the first draft of ''Geography of the World'', the first Chinese a comprehensive introduction to world geography in 1844. Many patriotic people who sought truth from the West, such as Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao at the end of the Qing Dynasty, learned about the world through this book.
-Although Lin Zexu, Wei Yuan and Xu Jishe didn’t understand foreign languages, they attached importance to and organized the translation of foreign materials earlier, and contributed to the understanding of the outside world by their contemporary at that time. They were also pioneers in the translation of scientific literature at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and had a great impact on China's modern history.(Hermans,Theo. 1999:175)
+Although Lin Zexu, Wei Yuan and Xu Jishe didn’t understand foreign languages, they organized the translation of foreign materials earlier, and contributed to the understanding of the outside world by their contemporary at that time. --[[User:Zhou Jiu|Zhou Jiu]] ([[User talk:Zhou Jiu|talk]]) 02:12, 14 December 2021 (UTC)They were also pioneers in the translation of scientific literature at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and had a great impact on China's modern history.(Hermans,Theo. 1999:175) Xu Jishe (1795-1893) was also a patriotic official who paid attention to the collection of foreign translations during the Opium War. Referring to the collection of foreign historical books (including translated books), he recorded the dictation of foreign books by foreigners, and completed the first draft of ''Geography of the World'', the first Chinese a comprehensive introduction to world geography in 1844. Many patriotic people who sought truth from the West, such as Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao at the end of the Qing Dynasty, learned about the world through this book. Although Lin Zexu, Wei Yuan and Xu Jishe didn’t understand foreign languages, they attached importance to and organized the translation of foreign materials earlier, and contributed to the understanding of the outside world by their contemporary at that time. They were also pioneers in the translation of scientific literature at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and had a great impact on China's modern history.(Hermans,Theo. 1999:175)
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 ====Overview of Translation’s Object====
 “The scientific and technological translations of the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty were all cooperative translations of foreign missionaries and Chinese doctors”(Du Zezong 1949:11), because Chinese intellectuals at that time knew almost no Western language, and the Chinese language proficiency of missionaries was generally not high. So at that time, the translation of science and technology was basically dictated by the foreign, and written by Chinese intellectuals. “But in this process, ‘missionary instruments play a leading role, Chinese are always in a passive and secondary position.’ Whether it is ‘written’ or ‘polished’ by Chinese, it’s ‘must be examined by western scholar’”(Lan Hongjun 2010:93-94). The translation of Euclid's ''Elements'' is an example: the original book contains 15 volumes, Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi worked together for 6 volumes. Xu Guangqi want to finish the remaining volumes, but Ricci believes that the first six volumes’ translation has achieved the purpose of scientific mission, then refused to continue to translate. It can be seen that whether it is translation material selection or translation methods, Chinese have no right to choose by themselves.(Jean-Baptiste Du Halde. 1738:152)
 In the western translation of the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, only several translation teams were in the form of cooperation between Westerners and Chinese, like the School of Combined learning organized by Lin Zexu and later founded by the Foreign Affairs School, and the Translation Hall of Jiangnan Manufacturing General Administration. After the Sino-Japanese War, more and more Chinese learned about Western studies, and international students became the backbone of the translation industry. “The representative figures of the Reformists, who advocate ‘improving China with Western studies’, are active figures in the translation circles of this period, and they believe that the fundamental of the reform lies in ‘enlightening the people's intelligence’, and the main way is to introduce and disseminate Western studies widely.”(Ni Qinhe 1988:13-14) For this purpose, bilingual translators choose their own translation of books that they consider to be beneficial to the public, and choose the appropriate translation method according to the characteristics of the target audience. For example, the Reformists explicitly declared that translated books "take political knowledge first and art translate second". Therefore, the focus of translation in this period shifted from natural science and applied science to humanities and social sciences. The translated books cover every sphere including politics, sociology, philosophy, economics, law, education and history. Another feature of translation in this period is the introductory translation of Western literature. The famous translators Yan Fu, Liang Qichao and Lin Shu all regarded literary translation as a means of educating the people and improving politics and economy of China. The popular novels introduced are more easily accepted by the general public than the more specialized works of the humanities, thus they can spread Western culture more widely in China.(Bassnett S. 2005:87)
 In the second half of the 19th century, in order to enrich the country, a wave of learning and translating Western scientific and technological knowledge was set off in the late Qing Dynast. Under the efforts of Hua Hengfang, Xu Tao, Li Shanlan, Zhao Yuanyi and a Englander, John Fryer, a number of western modern science and technology books have been translated and published. Hua Hengfang plays an important role, the books of which he has participated in the translation and proofreading are ''A Treatise on Coast Defence'', ''Algebra'', ''Principles of Geology'', ''Deremetal-lica'' and other 17 kinds. He also introduced systematically knowledge of mathematics (including algebra, triangle, exponential calculus and probability), geology, geo-literature and other fields. John Fryer was born in Hyde, England, and worked in China for more than 20 years, translating 138 kinds of science and technology, including applied science, land and sea military science and technology, as well as historical and other social sciences, which played a positive role in the development of science and technology and social reform in China at the end of the 19th century.(Eugene A. Nida. 1969:94)
 At the beginning of the 20th century, the scientific and technological translation activities can be summarized as follows: 1. The translation of science textbooks not only help to implement large-scale scientific education, but also have a great impact on China's social culture. 2. The translation of evolution has dealt a great blow to the stereotype "heaven change not, likewise the Way changeth not"(Yang Jindin 1996:830). New ideas of evolution have been widely disseminated. 3. The translation of works in logic and scientific experimentation contributed to the mature development and application of methodological scientific concepts in the ideological circles at that time. Its representative figures are Yan Fu, Liang Qichao, Du Yaquan, as well as Jiangnan General Administration of Manufacturing Translation Museum, School of Combined Learning, Christian Literature Society for China and other translation agencies. With this scientific and technological translation activity, a large number of words entered into China greatly enriched the Chinese language which was regarded as a cultural carrier, and changed the Chinese's knowledge structure and social concepts. Chinese traditional Confucian culture is also influenced by it, absorbing many advanced western cultures and ideas, which has contributed to the germination of scientific culture in Chinese society.(Daniel G. 2009:237)