摘要：傅兰雅的《译书事略》立足于动态语言观与可译性的辩证关系，详述了江南制造总局的译书之法，厘定了科技术语的翻译原则，是晚清科技翻译实践的经验总结和理论升华。徐光启译《几何原本》早于傅氏撰写《译书事略》近280年，但是徐氏对“平面图形”相关概念的处理以及对中国传统数学词汇的扬弃与傅氏对科技术语翻译的要求却是高度一致，是对傅氏翻译思想的跨时空注脚。翻译主体自身条件的差异和时代背景的不同又使得两人在具体问题的处理上稍有偏侧，若将徐、傅二人置于对方之境遇，恐怕前者亦会对我国的科技翻译实践进行理论总结，后者亦会对《几何原本》中的数学术语采取同样的处理方式，可谓两者易时易地亦然。

关键词：徐光启；《几何原本》；傅兰雅；翻译思想；跨时空注脚

中图分类号：O1；H159；H083文献标识码：ADOI：10.3969/j.issn.1673-8578.2018.06.015

Time and Space Transcending Footnote of Xu Guangqis Translation of Στοιχεα to Johan Fryers Translation Thought on Scientific Terminology//LI Tenglong

Abstract：Based on the dialectical relationship between dynamic linguistic view and translatability， Johan Fryers article Yishu Shilue， which describes translation methods in Kiangnan Arsenal and prescribes translation principles for scientific terms， is the summary of translation practice and abstract of translation theory in respect to the translation wave of western scientific and technological works during late Qing dynasty. Xu Guangqis dealing with mathematical terms related to plane figure in the source text and his choice of traditional Chinese mathematical terms in the process of translating Στοιχεα（Euclidis Elementorum libri XV）， which occurred almost 280 years earlier than Yishu Shilue， are surprisingly in conformity with Fryers translation principles for scientific terms， making it a crossspace footnote to the latters translation thought. Translators own subjectivity and historical background lead to a slightly little difference between their treatments in terms of specific problems. But if their situations were inverted， they would probably take the same approach to each other.

Keywords： Xu Guangqi； Στοιχεα； Johan Fryer； translation thought； crossspace footnote

收稿日期：2018-04-29修回日期：2018-08-28

基金項目：国家社会科学基金青年项目“晚清日语译才培养机制与中国翻译学近代化进程关系研究”（18CWW003）阶段性成果

作者简介：李腾龙（1985—），男，北京外国语大学中国外语与教育研究中心博士后研究员，研究方向为英汉对比、翻译与比较文化。通信方式：kevincufe@126.com。

引言

清末的科技翻译高潮无论是时间上还是规模上都远超明末清初，然而李善兰、徐寿、华蘅芳等国人未留下什么译论，值得关注的是英国人傅兰雅于光绪六年（1880）在其创办的《格致汇编》（The Chinese Scientific and Industrial Magazine）上发表的《江南制造总局翻译西书事略》（以下简称《译书事略》）一文①。……