“信息化”是我国当前社会生活中的高频词,我国最常采用的英译是informationization和informatization,但英美出版的主要词典中都没有收录这两个词。本文从构词理据和翻译理论两个角度论证采用informationization的合理性,并提出在翻译中国特色表达方式时,应适当坚持差异性原则。 “Informationization ” is a high-frequency word in our country’s current social life. The most commonly used English translation in our country is informationization and informatization, but neither of the major dictionaries published in the Anglo-American countries contains these two words. This article demonstrates the rationality of using informationization from the two perspectives of word formation and translation, and proposes that we should properly adhere to the principle of diversity when translating Chinese characteristics.