本文將以美國詩人愛密麗﹒狄品生(EmilyDickinson)的詩為範例， 研究分析在文學翻譯之際，尤其是譯詩時可能遭遇的困難。本文首先分析大眾語言與私人語言的差異，其次探討如何建立起原著中包涵的外在宗教、哲學、社會化等客觀事實，繼而討論如何透過詩人朦朧隱晦的語言意象，理解詩人的內在情成世界。希望藉此提供文學翻譯的譯事準備，以及超越時笠，突破語言與文化障礙的可行方法。

The purpose of this article is to investigate the possible problems a translator may encounter in doing literary translation. Several poems written by American poet Emily Dickinson will be discussed in details as a case to demonstrate how a translator may try step by step to overcome the difficulties in compre hending the remote culture and ambiguous language of an individual author.