英文开题报告范文

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.)