This article deals with four topics: (1) a look at translation in China, (2) the issue of translata-bility and untranslatability, (3) the criteria of translation, (4) where linguistics can help.

• 本文论述以下四个问题:1)中国翻译的过去和现在;2)关于可译性和不可译性;3)翻译标准的争论;4)语言学是否有助于翻译问题的解决。