Abstract: This article reviews the Summer Symposium on Translation in Beijing and the topics discussed at the symposium, which include the new approaches of translation studies and translation teaching. It also discusses the main problems in translation studies and translation teaching in China.
Key words: translation studies; translation teaching; Symposium; Chinese translation circle
翻译的学术研究之本质是什么？这个问题让人很自然地想起学术名篇“The Nature of Academy”。作者在文中所描写的社会各阶层强加给学术的悲哀在我们的传统学术范式中亦依稀可辨。学术要关注什么？学术研究要引领何种潮流？学术如何突破世俗樊篱修成正果？这是真正钟情于学术的人们所注目的问题。这些问题，在此次讲习班的过程中，被中国译界的同仁们作了一种别出心裁的诠释。
