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Nanjing University of Finance and Economy School of Foreign Language 英语语言文学 M 籍赟寅 About J ·C ·Catford ’s Translation Theories. Abstract: The paper aims to introduce JK Catford and his translation theories. In the first part, the paper briefly stated Catford personal experience, educational background and careers. In The following part, the paper turned to introduce Catoford ’s translation theories which mainly cover several questions like translation definition, translation shift and so on. Based on the second part, the paper gives comments on the contributions and the limitations of Catford ’s theory. In the final part, the paper came into conclusion. Introduction: Catford and his translation theory have been introduced into our nation barely at the same time when Nida ’s translation enters into China in 1981. In the following year, there ’s domestic scholar who published an article Exploiting New Access to Translation Theory with a subtitle of Introducing Catford ’s Master Piece of A Linguistic Theory of Translation . Thereafter, Catford became well-known by Chinese scholars. However, compared with the great popularity enjoyed by Nida, Catford is not a hotspot in academic research. In the following part, the paper dedicates to introduce Catford the scholar and his translation theories. About J ·K ·Catford Catford is known as a famous English linguist and translation theorist. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on March 26, 1917. He finished his education successively in Edinburgh Royal Senior High Scholl, Edinburgh University (1935-39) and majored in French linguistic and literature. After World War II, he sought for Master ’s degree in the University of London and his major domain is on the Russian language and other Slavi