20世纪初,西方汉学研究颇受我国学者重视,吴宓对此有多介绍,由其主编的《学衡》也贡献多篇译作。针对此翻译现象,将翻译视为知识行为的知识翻译学,可提供有意义的阐释角度。吴宓与西方汉学家的交游为其译介汉学提供了现实条件,他通过教学、翻译与传媒等方式引介相关知识。他认为,西方汉学知识提供了有益的“他者”视角,有助于国人在世界范围内重评本国知识传统。在其统筹下,《学衡》翻译的汉学知识主要有两类:西方汉语观和西方世界对孔子和老子学说的理解与接受。借芬诺罗萨与德效骞的文章,译者回应了当时语言改革的讨论;在翻译利奇温的专著时,译者采取特殊策略表达其儒学人文主义立场,试图化解儒学传统的现代危机。汉学知识原本是西方学者对中国各方面进行描述与阐释的产物,又在中国社会文化转型的关键时期经由翻译进入中国,这构成了知识的世界性流动。在这场“知识的翻译”中,《学衡》译者加工改造了汉学知识,以期有效介入中国现代知识的建构,重塑国人的中西文化价值观。

In the early 20^th century, Chinese academia witnessed a widespread interest in sinology, and Wu Mi, along with The Critical Review under his editorship, contributed to the translation of related works. Transknowletology, which regards translation as an act of knowledge, offers valuable insights into this translation phenomenon. Wu Mi's long friendship with many sinologists gave him an advantage in his translation activities, allowing him to import that knowledge through various means such as education, translation and publishing. He believed that sinological knowledge provided a beneficial perspective, enabling Chinese intellectuals to re-evaluate their own traditions within a global context. In The Critical Review, two primary topics took precedence: the Western perspective on the Chinese language and the reception of Confucianism and Taoism in the West. Through articles written by Fenollosa and Homer H. Dubs,they were responding to the discussions over the Chinese language reform. While translating Adolf Reichwein's monograph in specific ways, the translators articulated their belief in Confucianism, striving to address the crisis it faced within the modern era. Initially, sinological knowledge comprised Western sinologists' descriptions and interpretations of China. Then they were transported into China via translation in a critical social and cultural transformation period, setting the stage for a global circulation of knowledge. In this case of “translation of knowledge”, the CR translators deliberately engaged in the process of adapting and transforming Western knowledge, aiming to intervene in modern Chinese knowledge construction and remould people's cultural values.