RT is firstly put forward by Dan Sperber and Deirdre Wilson in 1986, and it exerts a great influence on pragmatics, and translation studies as well.

• 语用学家斯博伯(Sperber)和威尔逊(Wilson)在1986年首创关联理论，该理论不仅在语用学界引起强烈的反响，而且对翻译研究也具有积极的意义。