本文指出,翻译“神似论”的背后隐藏着两种互相对立的神话:一是原著神圣论,二是读者至上观。“神似论”本身也存在着缺陷,具有高度的含蓄性和模糊性,因而往往成为可望而不可及的理想。它在强调翻译作为语言艺术的同时忽略了翻译必然涉及的文化因素,实质上只是“意译”和“归化”的延伸。 This paper points out that there are two kinds of myths hidden behind the translator ’s “The Theory of Similarity”: one is the original sacred theory and the other is the reader’ s supremacy. “Shen Xing Lun ” itself is also flawed, with a high degree of implicitness and ambiguity, and thus often become an ideal that can not be reached. It emphasizes translation as a linguistic art while neglecting the cultural factors that translation inevitably involves, which is essentially an extension of “free translation ” and “naturalization ”.