作为文学翻译的积极参与者,读者的期待视野对译者翻译策略的选择至关重要。接受美学认为译者既要做到使译文符合读者的期待视野又要使译文具有开拓读者认知接受视域的作用。林语堂的文学作品《京华烟云》的两个中文译本正是由于对于读者期待视野的不同关照使得译文的接受程度有所不同。 As an active participant in literary translation, readers’ expectation of vision is crucial to the translator’s choice of translation strategies. Accepting aesthetics believes that the translator should not only make the translation consistent with the readers ’expectation of vision but also make the translated text have the function of developing the readers’ cognition and accepting the sight. The two Chinese versions of Lin Yu-tang’s literary work, “Jinghua Yanyun”, precisely because of the different levels of reader’s expectations of the field of vision, make the translation acceptable.