中国近代科学的奠基人——科学翻译家李善兰

Initiator of Chinese Modern Science——Science Translator Li Shanlan

李善兰通过开创性翻译《续几何原本》、《代微积拾级》、《谈天》等科学著作,把西方数学、天文学、物理学、植物学等多门学科首次引入中国,堪称中国现代科学的奠基人;在翻译实践中创造性地翻译大量的科学名词,并创出一条译、研相结合的翻译道路。

Li Shanlan introduced the mathematics, astronomy, physics, botany and other sciences into （Jhina with his first translation of scientific works such as the Basic Elements of Geometry , Elements of Analytical Geometry and of Differential and Integral Calculus, Outline of Astronomy and he creatively translated a num- ber of science terms and created a research - aided translation method.