Reinterpreting Xin Da Ya

A classic work that revolutionizes translation studies methodology, now in a newly revised and expanded edition.

革新翻译研究方法论的经典之作，全新增订再版

This volume brings together Professor Wang Hongzhi's representative research on the history of translation theory in twentieth-century China. The author elevates translation studies from the level of language and text to the broader domain of culture, drawing extensively on Chinese and foreign historical materials. From multiple perspectives-including translation theory, ideology, readers' reception psychology, traditional cultural background, and modes of cultural dissemination-he systematically examines the evolution of Chinese translation theory throughout the twentieth century. Combining comprehensive overviews with detailed case studies, the book examines the translation thought and practices of key modern and contemporary translators such as Wang Tao, Yan Fu, Liang Qichao, Lu Xun, Zhou Zuoren, Liang Shiqiu, Qu Qiubai, and Bian Zhilin. Analyzing their work from the standpoint of their respective cultural and political positions, the author carefully dissects the historical factors that shaped their translation theories, traces the lines of inheritance, rebellion, confrontation, and synthesis among them, and seeks to locate the roots of both their divergences and their convergences within the broader cultural coordinates of the era. The book offers fresh perspectives on long-debated issues in the field, providing readers with a deeper understanding of modern translation history and cultural history.

本书汇集王宏志教授对中国二十世纪翻译理论史研究的代表性成果。作者将翻译研究从一般语言文字层面提升到文化层面，运用大量的中外文史资料，从翻译理论、意识形态、读者接受心理、传统文化背景及文化的传播方式等角度系统地梳理二十世纪中国翻译理论，综论与个案研究相结合，论述王韬、严复、梁启超、鲁迅、周作人、梁实秋、瞿秋白、卞之琳等近现代翻译家的翻译思想和实践，并从他们各自的文化政治立场角度，细致分析他们翻译思想产生的时代因素，指出他们之间翻译观的承继、反叛、对抗、融合的情况，力求在文化的坐标系中寻求他们分歧与相容的根源，为学界一直有争议的问题提供新颖的研究角度，有利于读者更加深入地了解近代以来的翻译史、文化史。