This paper, in order to meet this international trend, tries to conduct a tentative research on two translated versions of David Copperfield of different times from the perspective of polysystem theory.

• 本文所选取的由以色列学者埃文-佐哈尔提出的多元系统理论这一视角去研究不同时期的《大卫·科波菲尔》两个中译本(林纾的译本和董秋斯的译本)正适应了这一翻译研究的国际趋势。