一、引言翻译研究是一个新颖的学科。许多来自不同领域的专家学者都对这一学科有着浓厚的研究兴趣。其中的研究内容既包括译学的理论方法,也包括其实践应用,诸如辞典翻译学、信息技术翻译、翻译批评等等。与此同时,对翻译学的需求也在日益增长。在欧盟许多国家的高校里都有专门为翻译学设置的研究院系及研究课题。 First, the introduction of translation research is a novel discipline. Many experts and scholars from different fields have a great interest in this subject. The research includes both the theoretical methods of translatology as well as its practical applications, such as the translation of lexicon, the translation of information technology, the criticism of translation, and so on. At the same time, the demand for translation studies is also growing. In many EU universities there are research institutes and research topics devoted to translation studies.