A Comparative Study of the Translation Activities in the Western Renaissance Period and the Scientific and Technological Translation in the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties

In the history of development Europe, Renaissance is a key stage awakening humanism spirit. During it, national languages were widely promoted, and in hope promoting social change, proponents carried out large number literary translation activities, forming climax western translation. China, has been recorded since Zhou Dynasty, activities have developing continuously then. This paper compares late Ming early Qing dynasties with period. By means comparative research, author discovers differences background, purpose, essence content two upsurge Western dynasties, which will not only help to sort study studies, but also promote emergence new thoughts theories.