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翻译专业开题报告翻译专业开题报告1howtodealwithellipsisinenglish-chinesetranslationi.purposeandsignificancewiththedevelopmentofglobalization,theworld’spolitical,economicandculturalcommunicationsarebecomingincreasinglyfrequent.therefore,theroleoftranslationcannotbeignored.however,thedifferencesbetweenenglishandchineseculturesthatarereflectedinthetwolanguagesposeconsiderabledifficulty.itisacknowledgedthatwhendoingtranslationonecannottranslatewordforword,orsentencebysentence.therefore,wemustusesometranslationstrategiessuchasamplification,ellipsis,conversionandsoon.ellipsisasoneofthebasictranslationmethodsplaysanessentialroleinenglish-chineserendition.translatorsapplyitinordertomaketheirversionsmorecoherentandunderstandable.accordingtotheoxfordadvancedlearner’senglish-chinesedictionary,ellipsismeansleavingoutawordorwordsfromasentencedeliberately,whenthemeaningcanbeunderstoodwithoutthem.ellipsisintranslationdoesnotmeancuttingsomecontentfromtheoriginalarticles.whatcouldbeomittedarewordsthatareuselessintranslatedworksorelsetheywillmaketheversionsredundantordisobeythemannerofexpressioninanotherlanguage.somewordsandphrasesareuselessinchinesebutnecessaryinenglish.articlesinenglisharethemostsignificantphenomenonfromthisaspect.theyareveryimportantinenglish,butwecanhardlyseeanyreflectionofthispartinchinese.ellipsisisdesignedonthebasisoffaithfulnesstotheoriginaltext,makingitmorefluent,smooth,concise,thusconformingtoidiomaticchinese.thepaperwillexploreellipsisinenglish-chinesetranslationfromfiveaspects,whichareellipsesofpronouns,conjunctions,articles,prepositions,modifications,soastoachievesmootherandclearercommunicationsamongchinaandenglish-speakingcountries.ii.literaturereviewlongbefore,somepeoplebegantolearnothercountries’languagestounderstandotherscultures.inchina,xuanzangwasthefirsttranslatorwhonotonlytranslatedthesanskritsutrasintochinese,butintroducedthefirstchinesewritingstoforeigncountries,makingforeignersunderstandchina’sancientculture.meanwhile,hewasthefirsttotranslatelaotsesworksintosanskrit.indianscholarshadahighopinionofxuanzang,inchina,thereisnosuchgreattranslator,andalsointhehumanculturalhistory,wecanonlysaythatxuanzangisthefirstgreattranslator.(yelang,20xx)wecansaythatitwasxuanzangwhomotivatedpeopletoknowthedifferentpartsoftheworld,theirculturesandthepeopleswholivethere.then,somebigcountriessuchasamerica,china,andsoonbecameameltingpot.(guzhengkun,20xx)peoplehaveimperceptiblyspentthousandsofyearsinknowingeachother.withchina’sentryintowtoanditsopen-uppolicy,cross-culturalexchangesareincreasinglyfrequentbetweenthiscountryandothers.alotofforeigntouristscometovisitchina.whiletraveling,theseforeignersarenotsatisfiedwiththetranslationsofthescenicspots.sometimes,theyevenfeelconfused.alotofproblemsexistinthetranslation,suchasmisuseofwords,poorexpressionofmeaningandsoon.allofthesepoortranslationsdoharmtoourcountry’sinternationalimage,andcausealotofinconveniencesfortheforeignvisitors.(mazuyi,20xx).iamfondoftourismandbeingafreetouristliketheotherswhoaregoodatenjoyingtheirwonderfullives.theloveoftourismmakesmefeeltheneedtoimprovethetranslation.buteverytimewhenihaveatrip,manyunsuitabletranslationsofthenamesofthosescenicspotswillembarrassme.tourismispartofinterculturalcommunication,sopropertranslationofthescenicspotsbecomemoreandmoreimportanttoourcountry.communicationplaysasignificantroleintheglobalizedsociety.inordertoknoweachotherbetter,peoplefromallovertheworldhavetriedaverityofways.ofcourse,translationisoneofthem.alltranslatorshavedonetheirbesttomakethetranslatedworksmoreconsistentwiththeneedsofpeople.(gujinming,1997)frommyperspective,theyreallyhavedoneagreatjob.andiwanttoretrospectthecauseoftheirdevelopment.afterathoroughevaluation,ichooseabranchoftranslation—ellipsisintranslationfromenglishtochinese,thenididthefollowingjobs.iputallmyresearchesandotherstuffstogether,andthenifoundthatitisacommoncaseinenglishandchinesewhichdrawsmuchacademicinterest.in1976,hallidayandhsanclassifiedellipsisintonominal,verbalandclausalellipsis.thisclassificationexertsgreatinfluenceinacademiccircle.thereafter,ellipsisinchineseandenglishhasbeenstudiedaccordingtothistheory,whichisbasedondifferentlayersofstructure.thiskindofstudyunderlinesdifferentiationsandsimilaritiesofellipsisinchineseandenglish.anotherfamoustheorytoexplainellipsisiseconomyprinciple.economyprinciplewasputforwardbychomsky(1991,1993,and1995)inhisgeneratecrammer.itmaintainsthatlanguageandlinguisticstudyfolloweconomyprinciple,whichmeansusingtheleastefforttoexpressthemostinformation.thisprinciplejustcoincideswithellipsisinfunction.inthisthesis,ithinkthatbrevityisthemostobviousandcommonfunctionofellipsis,especiallyindailylanguage.andinbothenglishandchinese,peopleadvocatebrevity.shakespeareonceremarked,“brevityisthesoulofwit”,andinchinesetherearenumerousidiomslike“yanjianyigai”(meaningcompendious).however,apartfromthefunctionofbrevity,ellipsisembodiesotherfunctionswhicharealsoprettycommoninthetwolanguagesbutlessnoticed.(huaxianfa,20xx)thesefunctionsdistributeinbothenglishandchineseunevenlyandrepresentgreatcolorfulnessoflanguage.exploringotherfunctionsofellipsisandsearchingforfunctionalrecreationintranslationwillbeofmuchbenefittobothenglishtochineseandchinesetoenglishtranslation.ifoundthatwhenchineseauthorstrytoanalyseellipsisinenglishtochinesetranslation,theyalwaysinitiallyputarticlesinthelist.theyconsiderthatitisacommonphenomenonthatchinesealwaysleaveoutpersonalarticles.whileitisobviouslydifferentinenglishthatalmosteverysentencehasasubject,wecanseearticlesfluently.thatisbecausewhenwetranslatefromenglishtochinese,personalarticlescanbeomitted,eventhoughsometimesitmayappearonce,itcanalsobeomittedifnecessary.furthermore,iftheobjectscanbeseenobviously,personalarticlesshouldalsobeomitted.however,itneverhappensinenglish.fromthispoint,itisnotonlyallowablebutalsonecessarywhenwetranslatepersonalarticleswhichareobjectsinsentencesintochinese.inmypointofview,thedevelopmentofsocietyhasinsomewayhasdeliberatelypromotedthewayofpeople’sthinking,translationsystemhasbecomemoreandmoreperfect,peoplefromallovertheworldhaveenjoyedtheconvenience.however,wecannotneglectthattherearestillsomeproblemsinthisfieldinchina,andwehavelessinfluentialchinesetranslatorsintheworld.therefore,westillhavealongwaytogointranslation.iii.feasibilityanalysisthisacademicpaperisafeasibleprojectandthereasonsareasfollows:1.ihavegreatinterestsinthewayofenglish-chinesetranslation.2.ihavealreadystudiedtranslationmethodsandhavebeenfamiliarwiththefunctionsandapplicationsofellipsis.3.ihavecollectedenoughreferencesbothchineseandwesternonellipsisintranslationanddoascrupulousstudyoftherelationshipbetweenthem.4.ihaveacarefullyplannedscheduleandhaveworkedoutadetailedoutlineofthisthesis.5.ihaveacquaintedmyselfwiththecorrectformat,aclearandcompletestructurerequiredbytheacademicpaper,andmyadequateenglishcompetencewillenablemetowriteinfluentandpreciseenglish.6.myinstructorisaqualifiedtranslatorwhoisfamiliarwiththesubjectihavechosen.iv.problemsoftheresearchandsolutions1.problemsdespitethereferencesihavecollectedandread,athoroughstudyofellipsisinenglish-chinesetranslationfromthepointoffreelyusingstillneedsfarmore.what’smore,owingtothelimitedwaysofgettingreferencesinxinjiang,iwillhavetomakefulluseofmypresentresources.also,thisisthefirsttimeihaveeverwrittensuchaseriousacademicpaper.iamthereforealearnerandlacktheneededtrainingandexperience.2.solutions(1)ishallmakefulluseofmyalreadyacquiredreferenceswhichcomefrombooks,magazinesandtheinternetaswell.(2)ishallvaluemyownoriginalthoughtsandmainlyrelyondetailedanalysisthatihavereadfromthebookswhichhavecloselyideawithmypurpose.(3)whenihavedifficultiesinthewritingprocess,ishallconsultmyinstructorandseekforhelp.v.necessaryconditions1.ouruniversityandschoolofforeignlanguageshaveprovidedthebasicstudyandresearchconditionsandfacilities,includingbooksandjournalsinthelibraryandreadingrooms.2.theinternetisanothersourceofinformationandonthecampuswehaveeasyaccesstotheinternet.3.ihavebeenassignedaninstructortoguidemethroughthewholeprocessofplanningandwriting.vi.outlinei.introductiona.abriefintroductionofellipsisintranslationb.whatshouldwepayattentiontowhendealingwithellipsisc.thereasonwhyellipsisissowidelyusedintranslation1.chineseexpressionsaremuchbrieferthanthatofenglish2.englishgrammariswee-knitandcompleteinsentencestructureii.theprinciplesofellipsisa.omittedwordsmustbeuselessandunnecessaryinthetranslatedworksb.themeaningoftheomittedwordsisimpliedinthetestc.omittedwordswhichareself-evidentш.thefunctionsandapplicationsofellipsisa.thecoherenceofthemeaningofexpressionb.thecoincidenceofthemannerofexpression1.ellipsisofarticlesa.ellipsisofdefinitearticlesb.ellipsisofindefinitearticles2.ellipsisofprepositions3.ellipsisofpronounsa.ellipsisofpersonalandimpersonalpronounsb.ellipsisofindefinitepronounsc.ellipsisofrelativepronouns4.ellipsisofconjunctionsa.ellipsisofcoordinatingconjunctionsb.ellipsisofsubordinateconjunctions5.ellipsisofrhetorica.ellipsisofrepeatedwordsb.ellipsisofsynonyms翻译专业开题报告21.开题时间：10月下旬或11月上旬。开题报告用汉语撰写。2.答辩时间：下一年的5月中下旬。3.论文写作形式及要求：论文用汉语撰写(文中举例可为英文)，主要形式为基于个人翻译实践的翻译(实践)研究。具体要求如下：1)口、笔译论文长度均不少于1.5万字(不包括附录中的原文和译文)。要求提供附录(原文+译文)。笔译论文中所附原文和译文不少于1万字，口译论文中所附口译转写的原文和译文不少于5千字。2)选材要求：笔译原则上必须是自己曾参加过的项目或习作，口译原则上必须是自己参加过的口译实践或口译练习。3)翻译的作品原则上必须是原创的，不能抄袭或改译他人译文。4)论文主要由以下各部分组成致谢摘要Abstract1.任务描述(研究背景/现状，研究内容，研究意义)2.任务过程2.1译前准备2.2翻译过程3.