人们在饱饮异域文化之甘泉、畅快游艺于他国先进科学技术之岭巅的时候,很难想象到给他们创造这种便利的译者曾经历了怎样的艰辛。自人类文明伊始,几千年来译者在各国政治经济、文化思想交流中起到了不可替代的作用。然而译者在这条历史长河中却始终处于底层的地位。本文从我国历史上的几个重要翻译时期谈起,对译者地位低下的问题进行了探讨和分析。 It is hard to imagine how hard it has been for translators who have created the convenience for them when they drink the oasis of exotic culture and swim freely at the top of advanced science and technology in other countries. Since the beginning of human civilization, the translator has played an irreplaceable role in the exchange of political, economic, and cultural thoughts in various countries for thousands of years. However, the translator has always been at the bottom in this long history. This article starts with several important translation periods in our history and probes into and analyzes the problems of the translator’s low status.