本文以法国现实主义作家福楼拜著《纯朴的心》为例,选取作品中几个片段,从未完成过去时的作用、文学表现效果以及中文译本对原著的再现等角度,剖析该小说中使用这一时态的文学意义和韵味。未完成过去时的细致描写、生动刻画、拉长动作等文学效果在中文译本中通过运用助词、语气词、特殊句式和富于景象性的词语得以充分再现。 Taking French Realist writer Flaubert for his “simple heart” as an example, this article chooses several pieces in his works, never completes the role of past tense, the effect of literary expression and the reproduction of the original by the Chinese version. Use this tense literary meaning and charm. Literary effects such as meticulous description, vivid portrayal and extended action in incomplete past are fully reproduced in Chinese translation through the use of auxiliary words, modal particles, special sentences and richly scented words.