《红楼梦》的两个完整的英译本一直都是学者做对比研究的焦点。研究人员在研究中往往注重于用实例证明对于某一句话的翻译哪一个英译本做得更有道理,更可取一点。而在此文中,作者将用描述性翻译研究的办法,去努力寻找各个译本在具体翻译过程中受到了哪些因素的影响,也就是说翻译人员之所以那样翻译究竟是什么原因。 The two complete English versions of A Dream of Red Mansions have always been the focus of scholars’ comparative studies. Researchers in the study often focus on using examples to prove which English version of the translation of a sentence is more reasonable and preferable. In this article, the author will use the method of descriptive translation studies to try to find out what kinds of factors are affected by each translation in the process of translation, that is to say, what is the reason for the translator’s translation.