《老人与海》是20世纪美国著名作家欧内斯特·米勒尔·海明威的代表作。作为一部使海明威获得诺贝尔文学奖的作品,它无疑具有极高的美学价值。小说自1952年首次出版以来,就引起美国及世界各地学者的热切关注。1952年,在美国新闻出版社就职的张爱玲就将这部作品译介到了国内。本文以《老人与海》为范本探讨英美文学翻译中的策略问题。 The Old Man and the Sea is the masterpiece of Ernest Miller Hemingway, a famous American writer in the 20th century. As a work that enabled Hemingway to win the Nobel Prize for literature, it undoubtedly has a very high aesthetic value. Since its first publication in 1952, the novel has aroused the fervent attention of academics in the United States and other parts of the world. In 1952, Zhang Ailing, who worked for the U.S. News Press, translated the work to China. This article explores the strategic issues in the translation of British and American literature based on “The Old Man and the Sea”.