In China,the quest for a systematic study of translators began in the 1980s and the research thread became gradually clear after 30 years.Although the paradigms of the research on translators are increasingly normative,some problems in the research have turned out to be more and more prominent:firstly,the choice of the research subjects is concentrated on few famous translators and their masterpieces,which overlooks the other translators;secondly,the research methods stay with the historical data and lack theoretical supports.Based on studying the translator Sidney Shapiro's "red" translation period,this paper attempts to combine the descriptive translation research method with the bibliometric method to introduce the researches on Sidney Shapiro both at home and abroad,analyzes and summarizes the current researches on foreign translators and the characteristics of the translation activities in this special historical context,providing a reference for the future researches.