(彭萍,中央编译出版社2013年1月版)翻译是人类最重要、最古老的语言活动和思维活动之一。有文字记载的中西翻译实践和翻译理论均始于两千多年前,但翻译作为一门独立的学科却不是古已有之。一般认为1972年霍姆斯(J.Holmes)发表的《翻译研究的名与实》(The Name and Nature of Translation Studies)标志着翻译学学科的建立。 (Peng Ping, Central Compilation and Translation Press, January 2013) Translation is one of the most important and ancient linguistic and thinking activities in the world. There are written records of both Chinese and Western translation practice and translation theory began more than two thousand years ago, but translation as an independent discipline is not ancient. It is generally believed that The Name and Nature of Translation Studies published by J. Holmes in 1972 marked the establishment of the discipline of translation studies.