人们对翻译是科学还是艺术争论不休,是因为人们在考察和研究翻译的时候,割裂了科学和艺术的统一,只注意到了翻译的一方面,而忽视了翻译的另一方面。本文试述在翻译实践过程中,只运用科学或只运用艺术都无法完成翻译的全过程,至少不会是一个完美的过程。翻译既有科学性,又有艺术性,是科学与艺术的结合。 The endless debate over whether translation is science or art is because when people examine and study translation, they divide the unity of science and art and pay attention only to one aspect of translation and neglect the other aspect of translation. This article tries to explain that in the process of translation practice, the whole process of translation can not be completed by using only science or art alone, at least not a perfect process. Translation of both scientific, but also artistic, is a combination of science and art.