本文以目的论为指导,通过分析研究中西花卉文化内涵的异同,对比杨宪益和霍克斯两位译者对《红楼梦》诗歌中花卉文化的翻译,指出文学翻译应该正确理解目的论的三原则,尤其是忠诚原则,从而为翻译目的服务。 Based on Skopostheorie, through the analysis of the similarities and differences of the cultural connotation of Chinese and western flowers, this article compares the translation of the flower culture in the poems of A Dream of Red Mansions by Yang Xianyi and Hawkes, pointing out that the three principles of teleology should be correctly understood in literary translation, Especially the principle of loyalty, to serve translation purposes.