传统的语言学派翻译理论是建立在经典范畴观之上的,有着很大的局限性。原型理论重新对翻译活动的实质作出了解释——翻译本质上是通过目的语原型重建原语的活动。将原型翻译观应用于《如梦令》的英译本分析,探索此理论的指导意义是本文的目的。 Traditional linguistic translation theory is based on the concept of the classic category, has great limitations. Prototype theory reinterprets the substance of translation activities - translation is essentially the activity of reconstructing primitives through the prototype of the target language. It is the purpose of this article to apply the prototype translation concept to English translation of “Dream Letters” to explore the guiding significance of this theory.