关键词: 贺拉斯, “忠实的译者”, 误译, 语际翻译, 翻译研究

Abstract: Horace, a prominent translator, poet and critic in ancient Rome, in his “Ars Poetica” made a comment about fidus interpres, which is so famous that it has been widely quoted by later translation researchers, but has had different, sometimes contradictory versions. The source of the comment on the one hand is traced and its original meaning and proper Chinese translation on the other is discussed. It turns out that Horace has long been misunderstood and misquoted, which is a typical instance of misinterpretation in interlingual translation.

Key words: Horace, fidus interpres, misquoting, interlingual translation, translation studies