英语专业开题报告范文

functionandapplicationofdescriptivetranslationstudies

1introduction

theintentionofthisstudyistoexplorepossibleadvantagesofdescriptivetranslationstudiesasinitsapplicationintranslationpracticeandtranslationanalysis.

sinceearly20thcentury,translationstudiesgraduallybrokeawayfromthemarginalstatuswithinotherrelateddisciplinesandestablisheditselfasanempiricalscience.fromthenon,schoolsofthoughthavekeptcomingoutandeachclaimsitslegitimacyforexistence.amongtheseschoolsisdescriptivetranslationstudies(dts).

dtsapproachestranslationfromanempiricalperspective.translationisviewedtobeasocialactivityhavingsignificantimportanceinthereceivingcultureandforthetargetcommunity.therefore,translationisdealtwithbeyondthelinguisticrealizationandlanguagecomparison,andisincorporatedinsocialandculturalcontext.

myattentionwasfirstdirectedtodtsbyitspeculiarcharacteristicofobservation,descriptionandexplanation.thesubjectiswhateverhappensintranslationpractice,fromthedeterminationofprospectivefunctionoftranslationtotheprocessoftranslator’schoiceofstrategies,brainstormingandtherevision,tothefinalproductmakingappearanceinthetargetcommunity.

themethodofdtsisbasicallydescriptive.theprescriptivetendencyandtheproblem-solutionpatternisabandoned.translationphenomenaarenoteddown.withaccumulateddata,someunderlyingtruthsabouttranslationwillcomeoutwhichwillprovetobeinstructivenotonlyfortheoreticalprobebutalsoforappliedtranslationpractice.iwillapplythisdescriptivemethodinthecasestudyofthisthesis.

aconvenienttoolhasbeensetuptoconductdts.“norm”isoperativeateverystageofdescriptionandexplanation.function,processandproductandtheirrelationshipaswellareskeletalstructureofwhatconstitutedescriptivestudies.translationphenomenaareaccountedforwiththehelpofnorm.

thecasetakeninthisthesisisthechineseclassicthedreamofredmansions.twoenglishversionstranslatedrespectivelybyyanghsien-yianddavidhawksarecomparedandobservationsaremadeinregardtotheirtranslationapproaches.

inthisregard,myobservationsarelimitedtoseveralaspects,ihopein-depthobservationandexplanationwilldoneinlightofdts.

2outline

2.1developmentandmajorconceptsofdts

inthispartiwilldescribeholms’basicmapofdtsandtherelationshipbetweenfunction,processandproduct.iwillalsodiscusssomeimportantconceptssuchaspseudo-translation,multipletranslation,translationese,normetc.

2.2methodolgy

iwillinthispartdiscussthemethodologyofdtsbeforeiapplythesametothecasestudyinthisthesiswithemphasistobeplacedonsemioticapproachandtheconceptnorm.

2.3dtsincontrasttoothertheories

acontraststudywillbeconductedherewiththeobjectivetofindthedifferenceofdtsfromothertheoriessuchasequivalencetheoryandthechinesexindayacriteria.someadvantagewillpossiblybeshowninthisstudy.

2.4casestudy

inthispart,translationofthedreamofredmansions(alsotranslatedasthestoryofthestone)willbeunderinvestigationinlightofdts.translationsamplestobequotedherewillbeselectedatrandom.

2.5conclusion

basedontheaboveelaborationofdtsandthecasestudy,possibleconclusionwillbeontheadvantageofdtsinspecificstudyoftranslation.suggestionsonfurtherresearcheffortswillbemadealso.

(note:whilethetopicwillremainthesame,theabovearrangementofcontentsissubjecttochangeintheprocessofwriting.)

附录2-引文范例(仅供参考)

“itisthereforepointlesstotrytomaketcmorescientificthanissensibleinviewofitscomplexsubject-matterandavailablemethods.translatingisamental,multi-factorialactivitywhichcannotexhaustivelybeinvestigatedwithinalinguisticframeworkignoringthepersonofthetranslator.”(wilss,1982:217)

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附录3-参考文献范例(仅供参考)

wilss,wolfram.thescienceoftranslation–problemsandmethods.gunternarrverlagtubingen,1982.

newmark,peter.atextbookoftranslation.newyork:prenticehall,1988.

delabastita,dirk.translatingpuns:afalseoppositionintranslationstudies.target,1991(3:2):137-152.

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对外经济贸易大学
英语学院

（英文）
schoolofinternationalstudies
universityofinternationalbusinessandeconomics

pragmaticstrategies
inadvertising:implicatures

wangying

athesissubmittedtoschoolofinternationalstudiesof
universityofinternationalbusinessandeconomics
inpartialfulfillmentoftherequirement
forthedegreeofmasterofarts

april2002
beijing,china