英语论文—毕业论文开题报告范文

下面是一篇英语论文的开题报告范文，虽然不是特别好，但也反应了开题报告的格式和写法，有一定的借鉴价值。

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.)

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附录2-引文范例(仅供参考)

“ItisthereforepointlesstotrytomakeTCmorescientificthanissensibleinviewofitscomplexsubject-matterandavailablemethods.Translatingisamental,multi-factorialactivitywhichcannotexhaustivelybeinvestigatedwithinalinguisticframeworkignoringthepersonofthetranslator.”(Wilss,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)

Wilss,Wolfram.TheScienceofTranslation–ProblemsandMethods.GunterNarrVerlagTubingen,1982.

Newmark,Peter.ATextbookofTranslation.NewYork:PrenticeHall,1988.

Delabastita,Dirk.TranslatingPuns:AfalseOppositioninTranslationStudies.Target,1991(3:2):137-152.

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)

对外经济贸易大学硕士学位论文

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对外经济贸易大学

英语学院

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SchoolofInternationalStudies

UniversityofInternationalBusinessandEconomics

PragmaticStrategies

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WangYing

AthesissubmittedtoSchoolofInternationalStudiesof

UniversityofInternationalBusinessandEconomics

Inpartialfulfillmentoftherequirement

ForthedegreeofMasterofArts

April2002

Beijing,China