In this article, the author studies the criteria of traditional translation and also deals with the translation practices of practical English with an attempt to show that traditional translation theory has instructive effect on the translation of practical English.

The development of Chinese traditional translation theory corresponds with Chinese translation history.

The combination of feminism and translation had a strong impact on traditional translation theories and practice in the last 30 years of the last century,thus becoming a new force in the translation circle.

Having penetrated into the area of translation studies, Deconstructionism has made a significant impact by questioning and challenging some basic issues in traditional translation theories, thus initiating a thorough reconsideration of them.

This paper analyses the present situation in the study of translation theory in China and discusses the necessity of establishing communication theory of translation.

This thesis is intended to adopt systems theories as a theoretical framework to make a case study of the different translated texts of Uncle Tom s Cabin .

Based on Daniel Chandler\'s continuum model of meaning understanding,the paper constructs a translation theory continuum,locating some major translation theories in the model and pointing out that the cognitive linguistic study of translation belongs to the category of constructivism.