The Cultural and Political Orientation in LIANG Qichao's Translation Thoughts: Cultural Nationalism

As the founder of Chinese modern cultural mationalism and a pariotic translator with reforming idea,LING Qichao treats translation as part of the agenda of cultural nationalism which is to resist Anglo American hegemonic powers of language and culture,to integrate excellent western culture and native culture,to reconstruct Chineseness and national cultural identity. The cultural and political orientation of his translation is reflected in the following aspects: spread the consciousness of national crisis and national rejuvenation with the thought of saving nation through translation,reform national character and reconstruct new character through translating political novels,appropriate western culture and thought and rename to create a Chineseness with a localized orientation through the hero translating skill,alert Chinese the crisis of ruining the state and destroying the race through translating and editing the history of perishing nation. LING Qichao' s translation thought with the orientation of cultural nationalism is of historical significance. As a cultural- political practice,his transtation has participated the imagination and reconstruction of national identity of New China,and has promoted the modernization process of China.