文学作品翻译的主要目的应该是促进文化交流,而译文读者也有权利通过阅读欣赏到他国文化并从中获益。本文通过对《儒林外史》英译本中文化缺省补偿译例分析,提出翻译补偿应该遵循的一个重要原则就是译者的补偿应该能让目标读者欣赏到异国作品特有的韵味及源语篇章的文化信息。 The main purpose of the translation of literary works should be to promote cultural exchanges, while the readers of translation also have the right to read and appreciate other cultures and benefit from them. In this paper, an analysis of the translation default in the English version of The Scholars, an important principle that should be followed in translation compensation, is that the translator’s compensation should enable the target audience to appreciate the unique flavor and source text of the exotic works Cultural information.