作为言语行为的最重要的奠基人之一,奥斯汀(Austin)从最初提出“constatives”与“performatives”的区别到最终放弃两者的区别,并把所有话语(utterances)归入“performatives”。本文在探究这种转变的同时,进一步追溯“performatives”的来源,为“performatives”在国内译法进行正名,概述舍尔(Sear-le)对“performatives”的发展以及罗伯逊(Robinson)利用“performatives”理论在翻译领域的研究。因此,笔者在探讨中发现了该理论的应用价值及其对翻译学的影响。 As one of the most important founders of speech act, Austin originally proposed the difference between “constatives” and “performatives” to finally give up the difference between them and classified all utterances as “performatives”. While exploring this shift, we further trace the origins of “performatives” and give a proper name for “performatives” in domestic translation. We outline Sear-le’s development of “performatives” and Robinson’s use of "performatives Theory in the field of translation studies. Therefore, I found in the discussion of the application of the theory and its impact on translation studies.