本文用系统功能理论为指导,分析话剧《茶馆》的一段节选,并分别从体裁(即文化语境)、交际角色和语域(即情景语境)的角度比较了两个英文译本,指出译者在翻译中需从整体语篇的角度来处理源语和目标语语篇。同时也证明了功能语法是翻译研究的有效理论途径。 Guided by the theory of system function, this essay analyzes a section of excerpts of “Teahouse” and compares two English versions from the genre (ie cultural context), communicative role and register (contextual context) respectively, pointing out that the translation In the process of translation, the source and target language texts need to be dealt with from the perspective of overall discourse. It also proves that functional grammar is an effective theoretical approach to translation studies.