本書為作者十五年來根據第一手材料研究中國翻譯史的心血結晶，也是她告別譯學界的最後一部作品，無論在材料、方法、理解及宏觀史學各方面，都與中國翻譯學現有的作品明顯不同。

　　This book is the fruit of fifteen years of basic research into Chinese translation history. It is a ground-breaking work in terms of material, methodology, interpretation as well as historiography, and is the author’s last contribution to the field of Translation Studies.