Gabriele Tola, Ph.D. (2016), formerly JSPS postdoctoral fellow at Kansai University, is a research associate at Sapienza University of Rome. He has published articles on Chinese lexicography and missionary linguistics in international journals, such as Monumenta Serica.

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsIntroduction1 John Fryer and The Translator’s Vade-mecum1 Introduction2 John Fryer: Between Translation and Scientific Divulgation3 The Translator’s Vade-mecum: An Authoritative Work4 Conclusion2 Planning, Publication, and Setbacks: The Translator’s Vade-mecum1 Introduction2 Various Dating Problems3 Translator’s Vade-mecum and Chinese and English Technical Vocabularies4 Planning and Birth of The Translator’s Vade-mecum5 Conclusion3 Fryer’s Theories on Translation into Chinese1 Introduction2 Religious Views and Technical Nomenclature: Discrepancies and Responsibilities3 Between “The Descriptive” and “The Phonetic” Methods4 Advice of the Translator: Fryer’s Suggestions5 Conclusion4 Published Glossaries1 Introduction2 Vocabulary of Mineralogical Terms3 Vocabulary of Names of Chemical Substances4 Vocabulary of Names of Materia Medica5 Vocabulary of Terms Relating to the Steam Engine6 Vocabulary of Proper Names7 Conclusion5 Unpublished Glossaries1 Introduction2 “Vocabulary of Terms in Naval Architecture”3 “List of Botanical Terms”4 Case Study—Sources of the “List of Botanical Terms”: An Analysis5 “Vocabulary of Geological Terms”6 “Botanical Terms from William’s Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language”7 “List of Geographical Names”8 “Syllabary for the Transfer of Foreign Names into Chinese”9 “Vocabulary of Proper Names”10 Conclusion6 Lexicological Features and Translation Choices: Conveying New Concepts with Old Terms and Lexical Innovations1 Introduction2 Phonemic Loans3 Hybrids4 Calques5 Descriptive Labelling6 Multiple Translations7 Using Existing Nomenclature8 Neologisms: Dating Back through Etymological Dictionaries9 Neologisms: Dating Back through Databases10 Beyond Lexical Innovations11 Conclusion7 The Translator’s Vade-mecum: Role, Diffusion, and Influence on Later Texts1 Introduction2 Encyclopaedias, Collectanea, and Periodicals3 Dictionaries, Vocabularies, and Glossaries4 Yan Huiqing’s Ying-Hua da cidian5 Other Works6 Conclusion8 The Translator’s Vade-mecum: Later Aftermath1 Introduction2 Chemistry: Texts by the Guoli Bianyiguan and Other Committees3 Beyond Chemistry: Other Branches of Science4 Lexicological Legacy: Acknowledgement and AppraisalConclusionsAppendix: Synoptic Tables and Reproductions—Contents of the TVMBibliographyIndex

Gabriele Tola, Ph.D. (2016), formerly JSPS postdoctoral fellow at Kansai University, is a research associate at Sapienza University of Rome. He has published articles on Chinese lexicography and missionary linguistics in international journals, such as Monumenta Serica.

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsIntroduction1 John Fryer and The Translator’s Vade-mecum1 Introduction2 John Fryer: Between Translation and Scientific Divulgation3 The Translator’s Vade-mecum: An Authoritative Work4 Conclusion2 Planning, Publication, and Setbacks: The Translator’s Vade-mecum1 Introduction2 Various Dating Problems3 Translator’s Vade-mecum and Chinese and English Technical Vocabularies4 Planning and Birth of The Translator’s Vade-mecum5 Conclusion3 Fryer’s Theories on Translation into Chinese1 Introduction2 Religious Views and Technical Nomenclature: Discrepancies and Responsibilities3 Between “The Descriptive” and “The Phonetic” Methods4 Advice of the Translator: Fryer’s Suggestions5 Conclusion4 Published Glossaries1 Introduction2 Vocabulary of Mineralogical Terms3 Vocabulary of Names of Chemical Substances4 Vocabulary of Names of Materia Medica5 Vocabulary of Terms Relating to the Steam Engine6 Vocabulary of Proper Names7 Conclusion5 Unpublished Glossaries1 Introduction2 “Vocabulary of Terms in Naval Architecture”3 “List of Botanical Terms”4 Case Study—Sources of the “List of Botanical Terms”: An Analysis5 “Vocabulary of Geological Terms”6 “Botanical Terms from William’s Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language”7 “List of Geographical Names”8 “Syllabary for the Transfer of Foreign Names into Chinese”9 “Vocabulary of Proper Names”10 Conclusion6 Lexicological Features and Translation Choices: Conveying New Concepts with Old Terms and Lexical Innovations1 Introduction2 Phonemic Loans3 Hybrids4 Calques5 Descriptive Labelling6 Multiple Translations7 Using Existing Nomenclature8 Neologisms: Dating Back through Etymological Dictionaries9 Neologisms: Dating Back through Databases10 Beyond Lexical Innovations11 Conclusion7 The Translator’s Vade-mecum: Role, Diffusion, and Influence on Later Texts1 Introduction2 Encyclopaedias, Collectanea, and Periodicals3 Dictionaries, Vocabularies, and Glossaries4 Yan Huiqing’s Ying-Hua da cidian5 Other Works6 Conclusion8 The Translator’s Vade-mecum: Later Aftermath1 Introduction2 Chemistry: Texts by the Guoli Bianyiguan and Other Committees3 Beyond Chemistry: Other Branches of Science4 Lexicological Legacy: Acknowledgement and AppraisalConclusionsAppendix: Synoptic Tables and Reproductions—Contents of the TVMBibliographyIndex

Gabriele Tola, Ph.D. (2016), formerly JSPS postdoctoral fellow at Kansai University, is a research associate at Sapienza University of Rome. He has published articles on Chinese lexicography and missionary linguistics in international journals, such as Monumenta Serica.

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsIntroduction1 John Fryer and The Translator’s Vade-mecum1 Introduction2 John Fryer: Between Translation and Scientific Divulgation3 The Translator’s Vade-mecum: An Authoritative Work4 Conclusion2 Planning, Publication, and Setbacks: The Translator’s Vade-mecum1 Introduction2 Various Dating Problems3 Translator’s Vade-mecum and Chinese and English Technical Vocabularies4 Planning and Birth of The Translator’s Vade-mecum5 Conclusion3 Fryer’s Theories on Translation into Chinese1 Introduction2 Religious Views and Technical Nomenclature: Discrepancies and Responsibilities3 Between “The Descriptive” and “The Phonetic” Methods4 Advice of the Translator: Fryer’s Suggestions5 Conclusion4 Published Glossaries1 Introduction2 Vocabulary of Mineralogical Terms3 Vocabulary of Names of Chemical Substances4 Vocabulary of Names of Materia Medica5 Vocabulary of Terms Relating to the Steam Engine6 Vocabulary of Proper Names7 Conclusion5 Unpublished Glossaries1 Introduction2 “Vocabulary of Terms in Naval Architecture”3 “List of Botanical Terms”4 Case Study—Sources of the “List of Botanical Terms”: An Analysis5 “Vocabulary of Geological Terms”6 “Botanical Terms from William’s Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language”7 “List of Geographical Names”8 “Syllabary for the Transfer of Foreign Names into Chinese”9 “Vocabulary of Proper Names”10 Conclusion6 Lexicological Features and Translation Choices: Conveying New Concepts with Old Terms and Lexical Innovations1 Introduction2 Phonemic Loans3 Hybrids4 Calques5 Descriptive Labelling6 Multiple Translations7 Using Existing Nomenclature8 Neologisms: Dating Back through Etymological Dictionaries9 Neologisms: Dating Back through Databases10 Beyond Lexical Innovations11 Conclusion7 The Translator’s Vade-mecum: Role, Diffusion, and Influence on Later Texts1 Introduction2 Encyclopaedias, Collectanea, and Periodicals3 Dictionaries, Vocabularies, and Glossaries4 Yan Huiqing’s Ying-Hua da cidian5 Other Works6 Conclusion8 The Translator’s Vade-mecum: Later Aftermath1 Introduction2 Chemistry: Texts by the Guoli Bianyiguan and Other Committees3 Beyond Chemistry: Other Branches of Science4 Lexicological Legacy: Acknowledgement and AppraisalConclusionsAppendix: Synoptic Tables and Reproductions—Contents of the TVMBibliographyIndex