1introduction
theintentionofthisstudyistoexplorepoibleadvantagesofdescriptivetralationstudiesasinitsalicationintralationpracticeandtralationanalysis.sinceearly20thcentury,tralationstudiesgraduallypokeawayfromthemarginalstatuswithinotherrelateddisciplinesandestablisheditselfasanempiricalscience.fromthenon,schoolsofthoughthavekeptcomingoutandeachclaimsitslegitimacyforexistence.amongtheseschoolsisdescriptivetralationstudies(dts).
dtsaroachestralationfromanempiricalperective.tralationisviewedtobeasocialactivityhavingsignificantimportanceinthereceivingcultureandforthetargetcommunity.therefore,tralationisdealtwithbeyondthelinguisticrealizationandlanguagecomparison,andisincorporatedinsocialandculturalcontext.
myattentionwasfirstdirectedtodtsbyitspeculiarcharacteristicofoervation,descriptionandexplanation.thesubjectiswhateverhaeintralationpractice,fromthedeterminationofproectivefunctionoftralationtotheproceoftralator’schoiceofstrategies,paitormingandtherevision,tothefinalproductmakingaearanceinthetargetcommunity.
themethodofdtsisbasicallydescriptive.theprescriptivetendencyandtheproblem-solutionpatternisabandoned.tralationphenomenaarenoteddown.withaccumulateddata,someunderlyingtruthsabouttralationwillcomeoutwhichwillprovetobeitructivenotonlyfortheoreticalprobebutalsoforaliedtralationpractice.iwillalythisdescriptivemethodinthecasestudyofthisthesis.
aconvenienttoolhasbeensetuptoconductdts.“norm”isoperativeateverystageofdescriptionandexplanation.function,proceandproductandtheirrelatiohipaswellareskeletalstructureofwhatcotitutedescriptivestudies.tralationphenomenaareaccountedforwiththehelpofnorm.
thecasetakeninthisthesisisthechineseclaicthedreamofredmaio.twoenglishversiotralatedreectivelybyyanghsien-yianddavidhawksarecomparedandoervatioaremadeinregardtotheirtralationaroaches.
inthisregard,myoervatioarelimitedtoseveralaects,ihopein-depthoervationandexplanationwilldoneinlightofdts.
2outline
2.1developmentandmajorconceptsofdts
inthispartiwilldesc
ribeholms’basicmapofdtsandtherelatiohipbetweenfunction,proceandproduct.iwillalsodiscusomeimportantconceptssuchaseudo-tralation,multipletralation,tralationese,normetc.
2.2methodolgy
iwillinthispartdiscuthemethodologyofdtsbeforeialythesametothecasestudyinthisthesiswithemphasistobeplacedonsemioticaroachandtheconceptnorm.
2.3dtsincontrasttoothertheories
acontraststudywillbeconductedherewiththeobjectivetofindthedifferenceofdtsfromothertheoriessuchasequivalencetheoryandthechinesexindayacriteria.someadvantagewillpoiblybeshowninthisstudy.
2.4casestudy
inthispart,tralationofthedreamofredmaio(alsotralatedasthestoryofthestone)willbeunderinvestigationinlightofdts.tralationsamplestobequotedherewillbeselectedatrandom.
2.5conclusion
basedontheaboveelaborationofdtsandthecasestudy,poibleconclusionwillbeontheadvantageofdtsinecificstudyoftralation.suggestioonfurtherresearcheffortswillbemadealso.
(note:whilethetopicwillremainthesame,theabovearrangementofcontentsissubjecttochangeintheproceofwriting.)
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附录2-引文范例(仅供参考)
“itisthereforepointletotrytomaketcmorescientificthanisseibleinviewofitscomplexsubject-matterandavailablemethods.tralatingisamental,multi-factorialactivitywhichcaotexhaustivelybeinvestigatedwithinalinguisticframeworkignoringthepersonofthetralator.”(wil,1982:217)
‘“噢，这就是恐水病吧？你们贵族圈子怎么流行起这种病来啦？真够呛的！费芬斯小姐，您喝点茶大概没关系吧！”’（张南峰，1990：59-60）
附录3-参考文献范例(仅供参考)
wil,wolfram.thescienceoftralation–problemsandmethods.gunternarrverlagtubingen,1982.
newmark,peter.atextbookoftralation.newyork:prenticehall,1988.
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张南峰（译）.王尔德戏剧选.福州：海峡文艺出版社，1990.
戴炜栋.构建具有中国特色的英语教学“一条龙”体系，外语教学与研究，2001（5）.
附录4-封面范例(仅供参考)（中文）
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对外经济贸易大学
英语学院
（英文）
schoolofinternationalstudies
universityofinternationalbusineandeconomics
pragmaticstrategies
inadvertising:implicatures
wangying
athesissubmittedtoschoolofinternationalstudiesof
universityofinternationalbusineandeconomics
inpartialfulfillmentoftherequirement
forthedegreeofmasterofarts
april2002
beijing,china