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1、AnanalysisonthetranslationofthenameofaMissionaries’newspaper 【Abstract】Therelationshipbetweentheideology,thepowerandthetranslationisdiscussedunderthehelpoftherewritingtheoryposedbyAndrewLefevereinthispaper.Thefirstpartprovidesthebackgroundinformationwhichintroducesthecontexto
2、facertainerawherethetranslationoccurs.Thesecondpartdealswiththathowtheideologyandthepowerplayanimportantroleintranslationactivities.And,thefinalpartistheconclusionofthewholepaper. 【Keywords】missionaries’Chinesepress;translationsofnames;ideology;power 1.BackgroundInformation
3、 Betweenaboutthe1750and1850,Britainexperienceditsfirstindustrialrevolution.Withthelimitsofthelocalmarket,enteringintotheforeignoneswasindireneedforsuchcapitalistcountries.Thus,China,withvastlandsandabundantresources,naturallybecameanattractivetarget.Meanwhile,theWesternChurcha
4、lsohadakeeninterestinChinaandthustheLondonMissionarySocietysenttheRobertMorrisontoChinain1807wholaterbecametheChina’sfirstprotestantmissionary.InviewofthepolicymadebythegovernmentoftheQingDynasty(thelastimperialdynastyofChina),preachingwasstrictlyforbiddenandChinawaswithnocont
5、acttotheoutsideworldthen.Therefore,westernmissionariesleftChina,wenttoMalaccatofoundthefirstChinesenewspaperandthereby,unfoldedthehistoricalcanvasofthemissionaries’Chinesepress. 2.Therelevantanalysis Here,theChineseMonthlyMagazinewastranslatedas“察世俗每月?y傳記”.Whyitwastranslated
6、inthisway?Intheprefaceofthebook――Translation,RewritingandTheManipulationofLiteraryFame.AndrewLefeverementionedthat“Translationis,ofcourse,arewritingofanoriginaltext.Allrewritings,whatevertheirintention,reflectacertainideologyandapoeticsandsuchmanipulateliteraturetofunctioninag
7、ivensocietyinagivenway.”Itisobviousthatthistranslationofthenameisarewriting.Thequestionisthatifthistranslationreflectsacertainideologyinagivensociety?Theanswerliesinwhatkindsoftheerabackgroundthatthistranslationwasunder.BeforetheFirstOpiumWar(1840-1842),theChineseemperorQianLo
8、ngshutouttheworld.Atthattime,Chinawastheorientalpearl,powerfu