Translatability and untranslatability of English and Chinese idioms result from the different culture, social convention, similarities and differences of English and Chinese idioms.

• 摘要由于英汉两个民族有不同的文化背景和生活习俗，英汉习语存有相似性的同时亦有差异，于是在英汉习语互译中产生了可译性与不可译性现象。