The limitation of translatability has always been a major concern of translation between Chinese and English, because Chinese and English belong to two different language families (the Sino-Tibetan language family and the Indo-European language family).

• 可译性限度问题在汉英互译中一直倍受关注,原因在于,汉语和英语属于不同的语系(前者属于汉藏语系,而后者属于印欧语系)。