文章摘要:清代海外贸易有了长足的发展,无论是海外贸易的规模还是和中国发生贸易关系的海外国家数量,都远远超过前代。在如此大规模的中外交往和贸易往来中,通事发挥了关键的作用。通事,“原系代外人传译”[1],即翻译也。若无通事的居间传译,清代如何能有如此丰富的对外交往和繁盛的海上贸易?[2]然而,尽管通事是海外贸易中的一个重要群体,却几乎不为人们所重视,史学界对清代的通事亦未予重视,有关的论著屈指可数,[3]其研究也是浅尝辄止,未能深入,不能不说是个缺憾。通... 展开
Abstract:The interpreter in the Qing Dynasty has played a key role in the development of overseas trade,whose formation and evolution has exerted extremely important influence on its diplomacy and foreign trade,even the sino-foreign cultural exchanges.Through research focusing on the types,sources and functional evolution of the interpreters who engaged in overseas trade,this article means to arouse the academic interest,thus attract more... 展开