The Scientific Paradigm of Translation Studies

This paper discusses the close relation between contemporary linguistics and translation studies, and analyzes the causes of the latter抯 failure to become a science. It proposes that translational inquiry should strive for descriptive and explanatory adequacy in theory and to attain such a goal of translation theory there is a great need for reform in the research methodology. The paper claims that a scientific paradigm is probably the way to develop translation studies into a scientific discipline.