拉菲尔所著《译诗的艺术》一书由两部分组成。本文仅就该书第一部分头两章的主要内容加以摘要转述。即各种语言在语音、句法和词汇上的限制与译诗的艺术。译者所应致力的是令人满意的接近原文。笔者对拉菲尔的论译诗的论点给予了肯定性的评价。 Rafael’s Book The Art of Poetry Translation consists of two parts. This article only summarizes the main contents of the first two chapters of the first part of the book. That is, the limitations of speech, syntax and vocabulary in various languages ​​and the art of translating poems. The translator should be committed to the satisfactory close to the original. The author gives affirmative comments on the arguments of Raphael’s translation poetry.