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A Probe into Translation Strategies from Relevance Perspective―Direct Translation and Indirect Tran [a] Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, China. * Corresponding author. Received 17 September 2012; accepted 29 November 2012 Abstract This thesis focuses on Gutt’s notion of relevance-theoretic account of translation. Through the examination of a number of cases of literary translation, it aims to clarify some of the misunderstandings about relevance theory and prove this theory can provide an adequate interpretation of translation as cross-cultural and interlingual communication. Key words: Relevance theory; Processing cost; Contextual effect; Direct translation; Indirect translation XI Dong 2012 . A Probe into Translation Strategies from Relevance Perspective―Direct Translation and Indirect Translation. Canadian Social Science, 8 6 , -0. Available from: /index.php/css/article/view/j.css.1座机电话号码0120806.9252 DOI: /10.3968/j.css.1座机电话号码0120806.9252 Introduction With the development of translation theory, studying translation from a pragmatic prospect is widely accepted. Relevance theory was developed by Sperber and Wilson in Relevance: Communication and Cognition 2001 . Sperber and Wilson 2001 defined relevance theory as “a new approach to the study of human communication” p. 24 . Although complicated and sophisticated, relevance theory inspires works in many other disciplines, including linguistics, psychology, philosophy, and especially translation. According to Gutt 1991 , Wilss once claimed that “The relevance theory is not… a theory of translation, but it offers new perspectives to translation studies in that translation today is widely accepted as a modern means of communication” p. 26 . Gutt’s achievement is noteworthy in regard to all of the efforts made in applying relevance theory to translation. In his book Translation and Relevance: Cognition and Context 1991 , he declared “… The great contributions of relevance theory to the practice