“翻译本质”在业界纷争已久。威尔斯、费道罗夫、奈达、卡特福德,以及莫娜?贝克等国外翻译理论家均提出自身见解,并在业界产生一定影响力。基于目力所及,本文以当前国外部分翻译学者的思想为基石,通过对比手法进行思辨,尝试提出笔者之于翻译本质的见解。 “Translation essence ” has long been in dispute in the industry. Foreign translation theorists such as Wells, Fedorov, Nida, Cartford, and Mona Baker put forward their own opinions and have some influence in the industry. Based on the eyesight, this dissertation takes the thinking of the current foreign translators as the cornerstone and tries to put forward the author’s opinion on the nature of translation through speculative comparison.