外国文学翻译和外国文学翻译评论有着密切的关系,没有翻译,何来评论?翻译是评论的依据。没有评论,翻译便难于健康地发展,可能会长期存在“泥沙俱下,鱼龙混杂”的不良局面,因此,评论对外国文学翻译起着一种净化和提高的作用。我国老一辈作家、翻译家,尤其是作家兼翻译家,不仅给我们留下宝贵的文学遗产,而且在外国文学翻译评论方面,也为我们树立了永远值得学习的光辉榜样。首先让我们来看一香郑振铎是怎样实事求是客观公允地评论中国第一个外国文学翻译大师林纾(琴南)的功过:我们看了这个统计(指林纾所译外国文学作品的 Foreign literary translation and translation of foreign literary criticism are closely related, there is no translation, how to comment? Translation is the basis for comments. Without comment, translation will be difficult to develop healthily, and there may be a long-term negative situation. Therefore, the review plays a role of purifying and improving foreign literary translation. The writers and translators of the older generation in our country, especially the writers and translators, not only left us with valuable literary heritage, but also set a brilliant example for us to learn forever in the field of foreign literary translation and commentary. First of all, let us look at how Zhenguoduo sought truth from facts objectively and fairly on the merits of Lin Shu (Qin Nan), China’s first foreign literary translation master: We read this statistic (referring to Lin Shu’s translation of foreign literary works