始作俑者的英文：
[Literal Meaning]
first/make/tomb figure/person
the person who first buried tomb figures with the dead

[解释]
俑：古代殉葬用的木制或陶制的俑人。开始制作俑的人。现在用来比喻首先做某件坏事的人。

[Explanation]
the initiator of a bad practice

[例子]
这场闹剧的始作俑者竟然是一个不到十岁的孩子。

[Example]
The initiator of the farce was a boy under ten years old.

The initiator of evil
始作俑者

Therefore, let me be reconciled to being saddled with the epithet of "originator of a bad practice"
就让我当一个“始作俑者”吧！

Dai helped develop folk dance by collecting different ethnic dances in different regions.
她是将散见于民众中自然传衍的舞蹈加工为舞台艺术品的始作俑者