While the modern science spread eastwards extensivly, the western science novel was translated too, and drove the creation of the domestic scientific novel.

在近代科学大规模东传过程中，西方科学小说也被翻译过来，并带动了国内科学小说的创作。

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Conversely, the science novel works translated and created by the scientific novelist in late Qing became a new way to propagate modern western science knowledge and scientific thought.

反过来，晚清科学小说翻译与创作又成为传播近代西方科学知识、科学思想的一个新途径。

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