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(Title)ResearchonLinYutang’sSelf-translationStrategies林语堂作品自译策略研究ThesisStatement：

ThethesistakesLinYutang’sself-translationstrategiesasthesubjectmatterwiththemethodsofdescriptivestudies.TheresultsofthethesissuggestthatLinYutangingeniouslyappliedtwoself-translationstrategieswhenself-translating:domesticationandforeignizationwithatendencyfordomestication.Thistendencyaccordswithhistranslationviewsfeaturedbythreetranslationcriteria:faithfulness,fluencyandbeauty.Besides,thisinclinationalsoreflectshisbeliefontheessenceoftranslation,i.e.“Translationisanart”andhisferventreaders’awareness.AimsandSignificanceoftheResearch:Aims:ThepurposesoftheresearcharetosummarizeLinYutang’sself-translationstrategiesanditstendency,byspecificallyanalyzingthetranslationtechniquesusedinhisself-translations,andfurtherexaminesthefactorsaffectingthisinclination.Significance:Asaspecialcategoryinthefieldoftranslation,self-translationhasnotgainedenoughattentioncomparedwithothers.Therefore,thethesisconcentratingonLinYutang’sself-translationstrategiesenrichesanddeepenstheunderstandingofself-translation.Meanwhile,itisbeneficialtoimproveourtranslatingabilitiesbylearningfromLinYutang’stranslationthoughtsandhisextraordinarybilingualcompetence.LiteratureReview:StudiesonSelf-translationinChina:InChina,researchesonself-translationstartedlate,andmostofthedissertationsconcerningthisfieldwerepublishedaftertheyear2000(HuangYanqun,2012).Thedomesticstudiesofself-translationsofarcanbesummedupmainlyinthreecategoriesbelow:(1)theexplorationofconceptandclassificationofself-translation:In“自译初探”（RenXiaomeiandLiRuixia,2010）,byvirtueofstudyingvariousinterpretationsanddefinitionsofself-translationsinChinaandabroadfromtheperspectivesofsubject,timingandcontentofself-translation,theauthorsdefineitas“theprocessorcorrespondingresultofawriterrenderinghispublishedworkortheworkcompletedintoanotherlanguageindependentlyorbycooperatingwithothers.Self-translationcanbedetailedlycategorizedintoself-translationbyaself-translatororbycooperation,immediateornon-immediateself-translation,literaryornon-literaryself-translation”.(2)historyofself-translationandofself-translationstudies:typicalstudiesofthistypeinclude“西方翻译史上的文学自译研究”(ZhangXiaoling,2014),“我国文学自译十年回眸（2001-2011）”（HuangYanqun,2012）.Inthefirstarticle,ZhangXiaoling(2014)putsemphasisonreviewingthehistoryofliteraryself-translationinwesterncountriesandtwoinfluentialmonographs:TheBilingualText:HistoryandTheoryofLiterarySelf-TranslationandSelf-Translation:BrokeringOriginalityinHybridCulture.Inthesecondarticle,HuangYanqun(2012)makesastatisticalanalysisofresearchesonliteraryself-translationinChineseacademiafrom2001to2011,pointingoutthatprogresshasbeenmadeintheareasofbookreviews,theories,andcasestudiesofself-translation,nevertheless,thesestudiesarestillinasuperficialandunsystematiclevel.(3)casestudiesofself-translationfromdifferentperspectives:Skopostheory,Manipulationtheory,Adaptationtheory,Relevancetheory,Hermeneutics,ReceptionAesthetics,Dialogism,Intertextuality,Eco-translatology,andTranslationEthics.Self-translatorsthatChinesescholarsfocusontoconducttheirresearchesmostlyareChinesewriterswithoutstandingbilingualcompetencesuchasLinYutang,EileenChang,XiaoQian,BaiXianyong,BianZhilin,MuDanandYuKwang-chung,meanwhilewithsomeresearcherscenteringonforeignself-translators,forinstance,VladimirNabokovandTagoreRabindranath.In“关联理论视角下林语堂自译研究——以《小评论：林语堂双语文集》为例”,HuLisha（2015）concludesthatself-translatorsenjoyhighersubjectivitythusadoptingmoreflexibletranslationstrategiesthanconventionaltranslators,suchas“deletion”,“addition”,“annotation”,“conversion”and“replacement”.In“谈本位论观照之下的《金锁记》自译”,ChenJirong(2007)manifeststheuniquefeaturesinEileenChang’sself-translationofTheGoldenCangue,namelythefirmadherencetoChineseculture,author’sauthority,andfeministgenderstandpointsfromtheangleofontologicalself-translation.In“哲学阐释学视域下的文学自译标准策略考察”,LiChangbao(2012)pointsoutthatthecriteriamostself-translatorsobservearecateringforreader’sperspectiveandachievingfunctionalequivalence.Besides,heholdsthatself-translatorsoftenutilizedomestication-orientedtranslationstrategies,forexample,preempting,palimpsestingandparatextulizing.StudiesonSelf-translationAbroad：Thepracticeofself-translationhasalonghistoryabroad.Therenownedoverseasself-translatorsincludeRobindranathTagore,JosephBrodsky,SamuelBeckett,andVladmirNabokov.Twoinfluentialmonographsabroadregardingself-translationareTheBilingualText:HistoryandTheoryofLiterarySelf-Translation(BTHTLS)co-authoredbyJanHokensonandMarcellaMunsonandSelf-Translation:BrokeringOriginalityinHybridCulture(STBOHC)editedbyAnthonyCordingley.InBTHTLS,theauthorsprovideacomprehensiveaccountofwesternliteraryself-translationanddividethedevelopmentofself-translationinthewestintothreestages,viz.“MedievalandRenaissanceConditions(1100-1600),EarlyModernConditions(1600-1800),Romantic,ModernandContemporaryConditions(1800-2000).”InSTBOHC,thewritermakesaninterdisciplinaryanalysisofself-translatorsandtheirself-translations.Questions,Theory,MethodologyandPerspectiveoftheResearch:Questions:1.Whatself-translationstrategiesareemployedinLinYutang’sself-translationworksandwhatisthetendency?2.HowdothesetranslationstrategiesreflectLinYutang’stranslationthoughts?3.Whatfactorsinfluencethetendency?Theory:textualanalysis,LinYutang’stranslationthoughtsMethodology:

ThethesisisadescriptiveresearchonLinYutang’sself-translationstrategies.TheauthorofthethesisfirstundertakestomakeclosetextualreadingandanalysisofLin’sEnglishessaysandtheircorrespondingChinesetranslationsinTheLittleCritic:TheBilingualEssaysofLinYutang(QianSuoqiao,2012),andthenselects19exemplarsfrom12renditionsfallingintosixcategoriesoftranslatingmethodsfurthertoconcludeLinYutang’sself-translationstrategiesanditstendency,aswellasitsaffectingfactors.Perspective:textualanalysis,LinYutang’stranslationthoughtsMainPointandDifficulties:MainPoint:ThethesistakesLinYutang’sself-translationstrategiesasthesubjectmatterwiththemethodsofdescriptivestudies.TheresultsofthethesissuggestthatLinYutangingeniouslyappliedtwoself-translationstrategieswhenself-translating:domesticationandforeignizationwithatendencyfordomestication..Thistendencyaccordswithhistranslationviewsfeaturedbythreetranslationcriteria:faithfulness,fluencyandbeauty.Besides,thisinclinationalsoreflectshisbeliefontheessenceoftranslation,i.e.“Translationisanart”andhisferventreaders’awareness.Difficulties：Theauthorofthedissertationhasencounteredseveralproblemsduringthisresearch.First,inLinYutang’sEnglish-to-Chineseself-translatedworks,manyofwhicharefilledwithpoliticalbackgroundandclassicalChinese(wenyan)thusincreasingthedifficultiesinthoroughlyunderstandingthemotifoftheworks.Secondistheconfusionoversometerminologicalconfusionintranslationfield,forexample,translationstrategyandtranslationmethod.DetailedOutline:ContentsAcknowledgements iiiAbstract iv摘要 vi1. Introduction 11.1SignificanceandAimsoftheResearch 11.2ThesisOrganization 11.3LiteratureReview 21.3.1DefinitionsofSelf-translation1.3.2StudiesonSelf-translationinChina1.3.3StudiesonSelf-translationAbroad2. ResearchMethod 23. AnalysisofLinYutang’sSelf-translationStrategies 73.1AnIntroductiontoLinYutang 73.1.1LinYutang’sLifeExperience 73.1.2LinYutang’sTranslationTheory 103.2Self-translationTechniquesEmployedinLinYutang’sSelf-translatedEssays 103.2.1Annotation 103.2.2Substitution 123.2.3Concretization…………………3.2.4Motification 163.2.5Paraphrasing3.2.6Transliteration3.3Self-translationStrategiesinLinYutang’sSelf-translatedEssaysandAffectingFactors 173.3.1InclinationTowardsDomestication 173.3.2FactorsAffectingtheInclinationforDomestication 183.3.2.1LinYutang'sTranslationThoughtsandHisAudienceAwareness3.3.2.2BilingualCompetence4. Conclusion 194.1Majorfindings4.2LimitationsReferences 21Schedule:2016/9/30-10/7Themaindirectionofstudyhasbeendeterminedandconsultwithsupervisor.2016/10/8-10/31Thetitleofstudyhasbeenmadeandbegantosearchthedatatofinishtheproposal.2016/11/1-11/15FinishChapterOneandChapterTwo2016/11/16-12/16FinishChapterThree2016/12/17-12/20FinishChapterFour2016/12/31HandinthefirstdraftReferences:[1]HeydelM.Self-translation:brokeringoriginalityinhybridculture[J].Perspectives:StudiesinTranslatology,2015,23(2):329-331.[2]JarniewiczJ.BrodskytranslatingBrodsky:poetryinself-translation[J].TranslationStudies,2016,9(1):114-123.[3]SarangV.Self-translators[J].JournalofSouthAsianLiterature,1981,16(2):33-39.[4]VansinaJ.Anoteonself-translation[J].HistoryinAfrica,2004,31:483-490.[5]WhyteC.Againstself-translation[J].TranslationandLiterature,2002,11(1):64-71.[6]陈思思.林语堂与1930年代小品文[D].上海:华东师范大学,2014.[7]陈吉荣.谈本位论关照之下的《金锁记》自译[J].北京第二外国语学院学报,2007(10):1-6.[8]陈吉荣.西方翻译理论的新作——《双语文本:文学自译史及其理论》[J].中国翻译,2009(1):38-42.[9]陈吉荣.论基于自译视角的翻译策略[J].盐城师范学院学报(人文社会科学版),2010(3):86-90.[10]陈蕙荃.文