On Shanghai Tongshi in the Sino-Foreign Communications During the Modern Times

As an important medium of Sino-foreign communications in the Modern Times,Shanghai Tongshi(interpreter/translator or linguist) once played a key role in Shanghai-foreign trade and cultural exchanges,and the booming business and the establishment of Shanghai Foreign Settlements,in turn,provided a wonderful opportunity for Tongshi to survive and prosper.This treatise focuses on Shanghai Tongshi's social status and evolution so as to reveal their singularity and historical correlation in the Sino-Foreign exchanges in the Modern Times.