本站原创functionandapplicationofdescriptivetranslationstudies
1introduction
theintentionofthisstudyistoexplorepossibleadvantagesofdescriptivetranslationstudiesasinitsapplicationintranslationpracticeandtranslationanalysis.sinceearly20thcentury,translationstudiesgraduallybrokeawayfromthemarginalstatuswithinotherrelateddisciplinesandestablisheditselfasanempiricalscience.fromthenon,schoolsofthoughthekeptingoutandeachclaimsitslegitimacyforexistence.amongtheseschoolsisdescriptivetranslationstudies(dts).dtsapproachestranslationfromanempiricalperspective.translationisviewedtobeasocialactivityhingsignificantimportanceinthereceivingcultureandforthetargetmunity.therefore,translationisdealtwithbeyondthelinguisticrealizationandlanguageparison,andisincorporatedinsocialandculturalcontext.
myattentionwairstdirectedtodtsbyitspeculiarcharacteristicofobservation,descriptionandexplanation.thesubjectiswhateverhappensintranslationpractice,fromthedeterminationofprospectivefunctionoftranslationtotheprocessoftranslator&rsquo,schoiceofstrategies,brainstormingandtherevision,tothefinalproductmakingappearanceinthetargetmunity.
themethodofdtsisbasicallydescriptive.theprescriptivetendencyandtheproblem-solutionpatternisabandoned.translationphenomenaarenoteddown.withaccumulateddata,someunderlyingtruthsabouttranslationwilleoutwhichwillprovetobeinstructivenotonlyfortheoreticalprobebutalsoforappliedtranslationpractice.iwillapplythisdescriptivemethodinthecasestudyofthisthesis.
aconvenienttoolhasbeensetuptoconductdts.norm&rdquo,isoperativeateverystageofdescriptionandexplanation.function,processandproductandtheirrelationshipaswellareskeletalstructureofwhatconstitutedescriptivestudies.translationphenomenaareaccountedforwiththehelpofnorm.
thecasetakeninthisthesisisthechineseclassicthedreamofredmansions.twoenglishversionstranslatedrespectivelybyyanghsien-yianddidhawksareparedandobservationsaremadeinregardtotheirtranslationapproaches.
inthisregard,myobservationsarelimitedtoseveralaspects,ihopein-depthobservationandexplanationwilldoneinlightofdts.
2outline
2.1developmentandmajorconceptsofdts
inthispartiwilldescribeholms&rsquo,basicmapofdtsandtherelationshipbetweenfunction,processandproduct.iwillalsodiscusssomeimportantconceptssuchaspseudo-translation,multipletranslation,translationese,normetc.
2.2methodolgy
Iwillinthispartdiscussthemethodologyofdtsbeforeiapplythesametothecasestudyinthisthesiswithemphasistobeplacedonsemioticapproachandtheconceptnorm.
2.3dtsincontrasttoothertheories
acontraststudywillbeconductedherewiththeobjectivetofindthedifferenceofdtromothertheoriessuchasequivalencetheoryandthechinesexindayacriteria.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)
itisthereforepointlesstotrytomaketcmorescientificthanissensibleinviewofitsplexsubject-matterandailablemethods.translatingisamental,multi-factorialactivitywhichcannotexhaustivelybeinvestigatedwithinalinguisticframeworkignoringthepersonofthetranslator.&rdquo,(wilss,1982:217)
&lsquo,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！&rdquo,&rsquo,(张南峰,1990：59-60)
附录3-参考文献范例(仅供参考)
wilss,wolfram.thescienceoftranslation&ndash,problemsandmethods.gunternarrverlagtubingen,1982.
newmark,peter.atextbookoftranslation.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&rdquo,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
(英文)
schoolofinternationalstudies
universityofinternationalbusinessandeconomics
pragmaticstrategies
inadvertising:implicatures
wangying
athesissubmittedtoschoolofinternationalstudiesof
universityofinternationalbusinessandeconomics
inpartialfulfillmentoftherequirement
forthedegreeofmasterofarts
april2002
beijing,china