一、引言翻译作为一种语际交流活动,不是简单的从一种语言形式转换为另一种语言形式,而是把一种文化中的语言代码转换成另一种文化中的对应语言代码。因此,翻译是一种跨文化交流活动,应该接受跨文化交流学的理论指导。长期以来,翻译经常被视为一种语言艺术,被人们用超越时间的语法规则加以描述和考察。“对等”问题长 I. INTRODUCTION As a kind of inter-lingual communication, translation is not a simple conversion from one language form to another language form. Instead, it transforms a cultural language code into a corresponding cultural language code in another culture. Therefore, translation is a kind of cross-cultural exchange activities and should be guided by the theory of intercultural communication. For a long time, translation was often regarded as a linguistic art, which was described and examined by grammatical rules that transcend time. “Peer ” problem long