成功的翻译在很大程度上取决于两个因素:一是译者本人对原语文化的知识和经验的掌握是否达到或最大限度地达到原作者的理想读者的水平;二是译者能否完整并准确地传达原语文化,使读者在领会译文的同时获得文化探索的享受。本文旨在讨论文化缺省这一交际双方预设的情境认同如何在惯用语的翻译中得到补偿,以及如何补偿才能忠实原作同时兼顾译文读者。 Successful translation largely depends on two factors: first, whether the translator’s mastery of the original culture’s knowledge and experience meets or maximizes the level of the original author’s ideal reader; and second, whether the translator can or can not Completely and accurately convey the primitive culture, so that readers enjoy the cultural exploration while understanding the translation. The purpose of this article is to discuss how cultural defaults, the preconceived situational identities of both communicative parties, can be compensated for in idioms translation and how to compensate in order to be faithful to the original while taking into account the reader.