明末至晚清译者的分布规律及其探源

An Investigation into Translators’ Geographical Distribution and the Reasons:from Late Ming Dynasty to Late Qing Dynasty

本文梳理了明末至晚清译者的地理分布规律并探究其形成的社会历史缘由。译者的静态分布与地理环境之间存在着内在联系,本土译者的籍贯地呈'月牙形'分布于东南沿海地区。译者的动态分布主要与授业与求学、工作与升迁、游历与迁居等社会因素相关。由于译者的职业性质和工作需求,这一时期译者主要分布于翻译场馆、出版社、教会学校、新式学堂等机构中,这些机构的设立区域便是译者群体的流向之地。

The paper examines the distribution regularities of the translators from late Ming Dynasty to late Qing Dynasty and explores the reasons behind. The authors hold that the translator distribution in this period bears close relations with geographical features with the cities of southeastern China becoming the translator’ s birth place due to its excellent natural and human geographies. Furthermore,the dynamic distribution of the translator is closely related to social and historical reasons. The translators’ movement are mainly affected by such historical factors as teaching and learning,official posts,travel and migration. Translators flooded into the areas of extensive translation institutions including translation assemblies,publication houses and local missionary schools.