Abstract:By exploring the definitions of both comparative literature and translation studies,this paper holds that the relationship between the two is neither theone that regards translation studies as a branch of the comparative literatureas is supposed by many scholars of comparative literature,nor is the one as is claimed by Bassnett thatcomparative literature is a branch of translation studies.In fact,the relationship between the two is that of being connected but different.That is to say,they have different obj...