However, according to the relevance theory, translation is a kind of communication, and this endows a high status of readers in the translation process.

• 关联理论认为翻译是一种涉及原作者、译者和读者三元关系的交际行为，由此将读者纳入翻译过程，从而确立了读者在翻译中的重要地位。