英语专业开题报告指南范文

第第页英语专业开题报告指南范文英语专业开题报告指南范文

functionandapplicationofdescriptivetranslationstudies

1introduction

theintentionofthisstudyistoe*plorepossibleadvantagesofdescriptivetranslationstudiesasinitsapplicationintranslationpracticeandtranslationanalysis.

sinceearly20thcentury，translationstudiesgraduallybrokeawayfromthemarginalstatuswithinotherrelateddisciplinesandestablisheditselfasanempiricalscience.fromthenon，schoolsofthoughthavekeptcomingoutandeachclaimsitslegitimacyfore*istence.amongtheseschoolsisdescriptivetranslationstudies(dts).

dtsapproachestranslationfromanempiricalperspective.translationisviewedtobeasocialactivityhavingsignificantimportanceinthereceivingcultureandforthetargetcommunity.therefore，translationisdealtwithbeyondthelinguisticrealizationandlanguagecomparison，andisincorporatedinsocialandculturalconte*t.

myattentionwasfirstdirectedtodtsbyitspeculiarcharacteristicofobservation，descriptionande*planation.thesubjectiswhateverhappensintranslationpractice，fromthedeterminationofprospectivefunctionoftranslationtotheprocessoftranslator’schoiceofstrategies，brainstormingandtherevision，tothefinalproductmakingappearanceinthetargetcommunity.

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

aconvenienttoolhasbeensetuptoconductdts.“norm”isoperativeateverystageofdescriptionande*planation.function，processandproductandtheirrelationshipaswellareskeletalstructureofwhatconstitutedescriptivestudies.translationphenomenaareaccountedforwiththehelpofnorm.

thecasetakeninthisthesisisthechineseclassicthedreamofredmansions.twoEnglishversionstranslatedrespectivelybyyanghsien-yianddavidhawksarecomparedandobservationsaremadeinregardtotheirtranslationapproaches.

inthisregard，myobservationsarelimitedtoseveralaspects，ihopein-depthobservationande*planationwilldoneinlightofdts.

2outline

2.1developmentandmajorconceptsofdts

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

2.2methodolgy

iwillinthispartdiscussthemethodologyofdtsbeforeiapplythesametothecasestudyinthisthesiswithemphasistobeplacedonsemioticapproachandtheconceptnorm.

2.3dtsincontrasttoothertheories

acontraststudywillbeconductedherewiththeobjectivetofindthedifferenceofdtsfromothertheoriessuchasequivalencetheoryandthechinese*indayacriteria.someadvantagewillpossiblybeshowninthisstudy.

2.4casestudy

inthispart，translationofthedreamofredmansions(alsotranslatedasthestoryofthestone)willbeunderinvestigationinlightofdts.translationsamplestobequotedherewillbeselectedatrandom.

2.5conclusion

basedontheaboveelaborationofdtsandthecasestudy，possibleconclusionwillbeontheadvantageofdtsinspecificstudyoftranslation.suggestionsonfurtherresearcheffortswillbemadea