引言众所周知,小说《红楼梦》是中国四大经典名著之一,故事内容反映了古代中国封建制度下人们的生活、文化、历史等方面,至今已经被人们翻译成多个版本。而《红楼梦》被翻译成多个英文版本,对促进中外文化交流是有巨大影响作用的。本文试图对两种版本的《红楼梦》译本深入挖掘,从译者本身对原著文本的选择、理解等方面分析,对 Introduction As we all know, the novel “Dream of the Red Chamber” is one of the four classic Chinese classic, the story reflects the ancient Chinese feudal system of people’s lives, culture, history, has been translated into several versions. The “Dream of Red Mansions” has been translated into several English versions, which have a huge impact on promoting cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries. This paper attempts to dig into two versions of A Dream of Red Mansions translation from the translator’s own choice and understanding of the original text analysis,