马修·阿诺德在《评荷马史诗的翻译》中不仅对荷马译者进行了批评,还表达了对古典文学地位的担忧,并提出了有关翻译的见解。学界多从翻译学角度对其翻译批评进行考察,但从文学与文化批评的角度来看,阿诺德的翻译批评不仅加快了古典文学回归的步伐,还成为他通往文学与文化批评的跳板。他提出了具有现实意义的翻译原则。正确看待这些原则对于理解阿诺德的文化批评理论有积极的意义。 Matthew Arnold not only criticized Homer’s translator in the translation of Homer’s Appreciation, but also expressed his concerns about the status of classical literature and put forward his own opinions on translation. In the perspective of literary and cultural criticism, Arnold’s translation criticism not only speeds up the return of classical literature, but also becomes a springboard to his literary and cultural criticism. He put forward the practical translation principle. Correct understanding of these principles is of great significance for understanding Arnold’s theory of cultural criticism.