【正确答案】 1、正确答案： In translation, equivalence is a term used to describe the nature and extent of the relationships which exist between the source language(SL)and the target language(TL)texts or between the smaller linguistic units. For centuries, it has always been in the center of discussion. In the above statement, Susan Bassnett argues that e-quivalence should not be regarded as sameness in translation. Translation is not only a transference between a target language and a source language, but also a kind of intercultural communication. And it is not the substitution of the source language with a target language. Language is the carrier of culture. Sometimes, the target culture is absolutely different from the source culture. Besides, meaning is as important as culture lurking behind the language. Thus in translation, equivalence is not a search for sameness. I do agree with what Susan Bassnett advocated. The following example can demonstrate this. If equivalence is a search for sameness, the English sentence "Every dog has its day" should be rendered as "每条狗都有它的日子" in Chinese. The Chinese readers will be confused and the original meaning cannot be attained, either. According to Susan Basnett, equivalence includes linguistic equivalence, paradigmatic equivalence, stylistic equivalence and textual equivalence. The problem of equivalence should be put under the circumstance of culture.