[Abstract] Style translation is one of the most complicated issues in translation, which has long been discussed by translators. There are evidences showing the difficulties and impossibilities of style translation, let alone the style equivalence. However, it does not really mean that style equivalence is impossible and unnecessary. In support of this view, three aspects are presented in this paper: first, some common obstacles in style equivalence are introduced; second, the possibilities of style equivalence are demonstrated; third, the necessities of style equivalence are argued. It comes to the conclusion that style equivalence is possible and necessary though obstacles exist. The conclusion also calls for an enhancement of the competence of the translators so as to maximally achieve the equivalence between the translation and the source text. In addition, this paper is presented in a descriptive way by making comparisons between some English-Chinese translations and quoting some famous translators’ views on translation from home and abroad, such as the views from Eugene A. Nida, Qian Zhongshu, Mao Dun, and so on.

[Key words] style; style equivalence; obstacles; possibilities; necessities

[摘要]风格翻译是翻译过程中最复杂的问题之一。一直以来译者们都对此问题有异议。有迹象表明风格很难翻译，甚至说风格不可译，更不用说要实现风格等值的翻译了。尽管如此，笔者并不认为实现风格等值不可能、不必要。因此，本文试图从以下三个方面对翻译中的风格等值问题进行论述：影响风格等值的一些常见障碍；风格等值的可能性；风格等值的必要性。进而得出结论：即便有障碍的存在，实现风格等值还是有可能的，也是有必要的。结论处还指出，译者需不断提高自己的水平，以便能更好地做到最大限度上重现原文。在使用描述性方法进行论述的基础上，本文对比了一些英汉翻译的实例，同时还引用了国内外一些如尤金﹒奈达，钱钟书，茅盾等名家的翻译观点。

[关键词]风格；风格等值；障碍；可能性；必要性