本文主要是讨论《红楼梦》中人名的翻译。到目前为止,比较完整的英译本有两个,一个是杨宪益夫妇的,他们主要采用了音译人名的办法;另一个是霍克斯的,他则采用了主要人物音译,次要人物意译。这样做可以让人产生联想,得知人物的命运与性格特征。当然,面对这么大的姓名队伍,要做到尽善尽美是不可能的,肯定会有不足之处。 This article mainly discusses the translation of names in A Dream of Red Mansions. So far, there are two relatively complete versions of English translations. One is Yang Hsien-yi and his wife. They mainly adopt the method of transliterating their names. The other is Hawkes. They use transliterations of major characters and minor characters. In doing so, people can make associations and learn the fate and character of the characters. Of course, in the face of such a large number of names, it is impossible to be perfect, and certainly there will be deficiencies.