This paper, through email interviews, zooms in on the translation works by He Daokuan, aiming to reveal the contributions of He’s translations to the development of communication studies, noticeably to that of media ecology, in China. Explorations are made of the relationship between his original major field and communication studies, his translation process and his research shifts based on his translation works. With the citation ratio of his translations and that of their original English works compared and analyzed, he’s contributions are clarifed, and broader implications are suggested for the reconstruction of foreign language discipline in China.