By analyzing the activities of Hawkes' translation of HongLou Meng,the paper proves that the thought of "manipulation" and "culture construction" influences translation literature.On the one hand,culture has manipulation power on translation.Translator may not only be manipulated but also have an anti-manipulating force;on the other hand,translation has an important function of culture construction.When created,translation will have strong influence on the evolution of target-language culture.Translation not only creates image of the origi...