甲午战争前及战时日军汉语翻译的培养

Preparation of Chinese Translators in the Japanese Army before and during the First Sino-Japanese War

甲午战争以前,日军除了自己培养汉语翻译外,还充分利用日本民间学校的汉语资源加以培养。同时还广泛利用中国的汉语资源优势,为甲午战争培养了大部分“中国通”汉语翻译。然而,甲午开战后,汉语翻译的数量仍然无法满足需要,于是,日军被迫紧急委托九州学院培养“速成”汉语翻译,以解燃眉之急。军方悉心培养的汉语翻译全程参与了这场战争,在战争中起到了重要的作用。

Before the first Sino-Japanese War, in addition to train Chinese translators by themselves, the Japanese army also made full use of the resources of Japanese civilian schools as well as Chinese language teaching resources in China to train Chinese translators and some "China Hands" for the first Sino-Japanese War. However, with the outbreak of the first Sino-Japanese War, the number of Chinese translators still failed to meet the demands. The Japanese army therefore was forced to urgently authorize Kyushu College to train Chinese translators through speed-up courses as an emergency measure? The Chinese translators prepared by the military participated in the entire process of the war and played an important role.