In this article,we ll analyze the untranslatable reason between Chinese and Spanish from the points of phonetics,lexics,syntax,lexics vacancy and culture vacancy.

A cognitive view of lexical gap in translation;

The vocabulary vacancy between the original language and the target language is a common phenomenon in English and Chinese language.

The following four elements are presented:vocabulary vacancy, pronunciation feature, writing feature, the rules of language unit constitution.

It really exists a great number of vocabulary vacancy and semantic disparity in English and Chinese language, therefore, a parity should not be forced.

Analysis of differences between Chinese and western cultures from the perspective of lexical vacancy

The lexical vacancy in English and Chinese language is caused by: first,different philosophy and value;second,different historical and religious culture;third,different social custom;fourth,different cognition of the world;fifth,national culture features.

In English-Chinese translation the cultural difference can brin g about Chinese-English lexical vacancy mostly because of the ecological enviro nment, religious belief and cultural value and so on.

Elementary introduction to lexical gaps in English-Chinese translation;

The peculiarities of the culture of one nation usually manifest themselves as gaps in the culture of another nation,which include lexical gaps that can be categorized of material life,social life and social institution or on the basis of referential meaning and pragmatic meaning.

The main objective of this paper is to explore the discovery procedure and cognitive motivation of lexical gaps represented in the English language.