Based on the descriptive translation theories, the paper discusses the causes of the upsurge of detective story translations appeared in late Qing by analyzing their intratextual features and extratextual factors.

• 介绍了在清末民初时期出现的侦探小说翻译热潮,并根据描述翻译学理论,通过分析当时翻译侦探小说的篇内特征和篇外因素来阐明导致此次翻译热潮的种种因素。