When Britain at last decided to send the diplomatic mission under Lord Macartney, there was just nobody in the country who could act as interpreter. They had to go to the Chinese College in Naples, where educated Chinese might be found.
一七九三年，英國派出第一個使節團，在麥卡尼（Lord Macartney）率領下，麥卡尼到中國覲見乾隆皇帝，大費周章，卻找不到一個翻譯員，還得千里迢迢到義大利拿波里東方學院求助。