Relevance theory regards translation as a communicative process of cognitive inference, which rationally expounds the interrelation and interaction among source language intention, cognitive context and translation tactics.

• 而关联翻译理论则把翻译视为一个认知推理的交际过程,合理地阐释了翻译过程中源语作者的意图、文读者的认知语境和译者的翻译策略三者之间相互联系、互作用的关系。