英汉两种语言在句法结构上存在很大差异,一个重要方面表现为英语是静态型语言,汉语是动态型语言。也就是说,英语句子的基本意义常用静态方式表达,很多时候仅用名词、介词、形容词及其短语;而动词在汉语句子表达中占有重要地位。翻译时应充分考虑两种语言的特点,掌握其转换规律。本文首先分析汉英语言动静态差异的成因,然后以莫言的演讲《讲故事的人》及其英译为例,主要从词汇角度探讨译作在语言表达上所体现出来的差异。 There is a big difference between English and Chinese in syntactic structure. One important aspect is that English is a static language and Chinese is a dynamic language. That is to say, the basic meaning of English sentences is often expressed in static way, often only using nouns, prepositions, adjectives and their phrases; verbs occupy an important position in the expression of Chinese sentences. Translation should take full account of the characteristics of the two languages ​​to master the conversion rules. This paper first analyzes the causes of the dynamic and static differences between Chinese and English languages, and then takes Mo Yan’s speech “The Storyteller” and its English translation as examples to explore the differences in language expression of translations from the perspective of vocabulary.