林纾及“林译小说”a是中国近代文学乃至文化史上一个独特的存在。作为一名不懂外语的翻译家,b林纾的翻译为何取得了如此巨大的成功,这是学术界一直探讨的热点话题。尽管在后来尤其是“五四”以后,评论家对其翻译时有诟病,但作为一名不懂翻译源语的古文大家,林译小说在当时能成为“畅销书”就足以证明其独特性及存在的合理性。 Lin Shu and Lin Translated novels are a unique existence in modern Chinese literature and even cultural history. As a translator who does not understand foreign languages, b. Lin Shu’s translation achieved such a great success, which is the academic field has been a hot topic. Although critics later criticized it later, especially after the May Fourth Movement, as a classical Chinese who did not know the source of the translation, Lin’s novels at the time could become “bestseller” enough Prove its uniqueness and the existence of rationality.