On the Origin of Transculturalism: A Study Into the Western Academic Context and its Chinese Translation

Abstract The concept of transculturalism has often been used to describe the increasingly complicated interactions between different cultures under circumstances globalization. It is also widely in international communication and intercultural studies China, translated into Chinese concepts such as “跨文化” “超越文化” “转文化.” How can we better understand meaning this academic contexts? This paper discovered that was developed criticism post-colonialism Western cultural reflecting a worldview centered on Euro-centrism. translation should accordingly vary discourses. great significance promote equality, connection respect, exchange mutual learning. However, competition western-centrism embedded Welsch’s definition worthy attention.