熊式一是第一个将中国京剧搬上英美舞台的戏剧翻译家。在长达半世纪的翻译活动中,他尝试过多种多样的翻译实践,他对翻译的认识随着翻译实践经验的增加和翻译对象的不同而有所发展变化,其翻译思想经历了3个阶段。本文论述了他在不同阶段的翻译特点和翻译思想,重点探讨其20世纪三四十年代的中国戏剧英译实践,考察其主要译作在英语世界的接受情况。 Bear One is the first drama translator to bring Chinese Peking Opera to the stage of Britain and the United States. He has tried many kinds of translation practice in half a century of translation activities. His understanding of translation has changed with the increase of practical experience in translation and the object of translation. His translation thoughts have undergone three stage. This article discusses his translational features and translation ideas at different stages, focusing on his English translation of Chinese drama in the 1930s and 1940s and examining the acceptance of his major translations in the English-speaking world.