这篇文章旨在讨论权力话语对翻译理论与实践的影响。作者引证福柯的“权力话语”理论 ,从新历史主义文论角度和国内外翻译活动史实方面阐述了自己的观点 ,认为翻译活动受着原文作者和译文作者各自所处的权力话语的双重制约。作者希望通过权力话语理论的涉入给翻译研究提供一个新视角 This article aims to discuss the impact of power discourse on translation theory and practice. The author cites Foucault’s “discourse of power” theory, elaborates his point of view from the perspective of neo-historicism literary theory and the historical facts both at home and abroad and holds that the translation activities are subject to the dual constraints of the power discourse of the original author and the target author respectively. The author hopes that the involvement of power discourse theory will provide a new perspective for translation studies