Various meaning theories have sprung out from the study of meaning in Philosophy of Language and human＇ s inter- pretation of meaning theories represents a gradual process evolving from simplicity to plurality. Such meaning theories are applied by the translation theorists in the reinterpretation of meaning and its shifts in the course of translation and thus the trans- mutation of the meaning theories has exerted considerable influence on the shifts of translation studies paradigms in different phases. This paper discusses the transmutation o...
