Thepresentvolumeisacollectionofselectedpapersoftheinternationalconferenceon“TranslationandModernizationinEastAsiainthe19thandEarly20thCenturies,”organizedbytheResearchCentreforTranslation(RCT),TheChineseUniversityofHongKonginMay2013.TheconferenceaimedatstudyingtheroleplayedbytranslationinthemodernizationprocessoftheEastAsiancountries.Inthe19thandearly20thcenturies,manypeoplesawtheWestasamodelformodernizationandhencemodernizationinEastAsiawasmoreoftenthannottakenasaprocessoflearningfromorevenimitatingtheWest.Inthisprocess,translationplayedacrucialrole,wheneffortsweremadetoimportWesternideas,knowledge,conceptsandpractices.ThearticlesinthisvolumestudyandexplainthevarioustranslationphenomenainthemodernizationprocessofChina,KoreaandJapan
