Moment in Peking是林语堂旅美期间用英文创作、反映中国文化与北京风土人情的小说,这种特殊创作现象的汉译有着不同于一般英文作品汉译的特点与要求。传统上对称谓语的翻译研究,通常是从语言学或跨文化视角考察不同语言之间称谓语的转换,侧重其语义或语用功能的实现。本文借助广义修辞学理论,探讨小说Moment in Peking中称谓语的汉语还原情况。首先对小说原文称谓语的修辞性特征进行分析,然后结合3个汉译本分析这些特征、其文化内涵及深刻寓意等在汉译本中的还原情况,最后得出译者应尽力复原汉语语境下的称谓语文化,同时期望本文能对此类需要文化还原的特殊翻译现象的研究提供一些思路与借鉴。 Moment in Peking is a novel written by Lin Yutang in English during the trip to the United States to reflect Chinese culture and local customs and practices. The translation of this special creation phenomenon is different from the characteristics and requirements of Chinese translation of ordinary English works. Traditionally, the study of translation of symmetric predicates usually examines the conversion of appellations between different languages ​​from the perspective of linguistics or interculturalism, focusing on the realization of semantic or pragmatic functions. In this paper, with the aid of general rhetoric theory, this paper explores the reduction of Chinese terms in the novel Moment in Peking. First of all, it analyzes the rhetorical features of the original appellations in the novel, and then analyzes the features, cultural connotations and profound implication of these features in the Chinese translation with the help of three Chinese versions. Finally, it is concluded that the translator should make every effort to restore the Chinese context , And hope that this article can provide some ideas and references for the research on the special translation phenomena that need cultural reduction.