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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.Suggestionsonfurtherresearcheffortswillbemadealso.

(Note:Whilethetopicwillremainthesame，theabovearrangementofcontentsissubjecttochangeintheprocessofwriting.)

ItisthereforepointlesstotrytomakeTCmorescientificthanissensibleinviewofitscomple*subject-matterandavailablemethods.Translatingisamental，mult