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英语开题报告范文 下面是为您准备的英语开题报告范文20XX，供大家参考和借鉴噢!希望能对您有所帮助。后续精彩不断，敬请关注! FunctionandApplicationofDescriptiveTranslationStudies1IntroductionTheintentionofthisstudyistoexplorepossibleadvantagesofDescriptiveTranslationStudiesasinitsapplicationintranslationpracticeandtranslationanalysis.Sinceearly20thcentury,translationstudiesgraduallybrokeawayfromthemarginalstatuswithinotherrelateddisciplinesandestablisheditselfasanempiricalscience.Fromthenon,schoolsofthoughthavekeptingoutandeachclaimsitslegitimacyforexistence.AmongtheseschoolsisDescriptiveTranslationStudies(DTS).DTSapproachestranslationfromanempiricalperspective.Translationisviewedtobeasocialactivityhavingsignificantimportanceinthereceivingcultureandforthetargetmunity.Therefore,translationisdealtwithbeyondthelinguisticrealizationandlanguageparison,andisincorporatedinsocialandculturalcontext.MyattentionwasfirstdirectedtoDTSbyitspeculiarcharacteristicofobservation,descriptionandexplanation.Thesubjectiswhateverhappensintranslationpractice,fromthedeterminationofprospectivefunctionoftranslationtotheprocessoftranslatorschoiceofstrategies,brainstormingandtherevision,tothefinalproductmakingappearanceinthetargetmunity.ThemethodofDTSisbasicallydescriptive.Theprescriptivetendencyandtheproblem-solutionpatternisabandoned.Translationphenomenaarenoteddown.Withaccumulateddata,someunderlyingtruthsabouttranslationwilleoutwhichwillprovetobeinstructivenotonlyfortheoreticalprobebutalsoforappliedtranslationpractice.Iwillapplythisdescriptivemethodinthecasestudyofthisthesis.AconvenienttoolhasbeensetuptoconductDTS.“Norm”isoperativeateverystageofdescriptionandexplanation.Function,processandproductandtheirrelationshipaswellareskeletalstructureofwhatconstitutedescriptivestudies.Translationphenomenaareaccountedforwiththehelpofnorm.ThecasetakeninthisthesisistheChineseclassicTheDreamofRedMansions.TwoEnglishversionstranslatedrespectivelybyYangHsien-yiandDavidHawksareparedandobservationsaremadeinregardtotheirtranslationapproaches.Inthisregard,myobservationsarelimitedtoseveralaspects,Ihopein-depthobservationandexplanationwilldoneinlightofDTS. 2Outline2.1DevelopmentandmajorconceptsofDTSInthispartIwilldescribeHolmsbasicmapofDTSandtherelationshipbetweenfunction,processandproduct.Iwillalsodiscusssomeimportantconceptssuchaspseudo-translation,multipletranslation,translationese,normetc.2.2MethodolgyIwillinthispartdiscussthemethodologyofDTSbeforeIapplythesametothecasestudyinthisthesiswithemphasistobeplacedonsemioticapproachandtheconceptnorm.2.3DTSincontrasttoothertheoriesAcontraststudywillbeconductedherewiththeobjectivetofindthedifferenceofDTSfromothertheoriessuchasequivalencetheoryandtheChineseXinDaYacriteria.Someadvantagewillpossiblybeshowninthisstudy.2.4CasestudyInthispart,translationofTheDreamofRedMansions(alsotranslatedasTheStoryofTheStone)willbeunderinvestigationinlightofDTS.Translationsamplestobequotedherewillbeselectedatrandom.2.5ConclusionBasedontheaboveelaborationofDTSandthecasestudy,possibleconclusionwillbeontheadvantageofDTSinspecificstudyoftranslation.Suggestionsonfurtherresearcheffortswillbemadealso.(Note:Whilethetopicwillremainthesame,theabovearrangementofcontentsissubjecttochangeintheprocessofwriting.). 附录2-引文范例(仅供参考)“ItisthereforepointlesstotrytomakeTCmorescientificthanissensibleinviewofitsplexsubject-matterandavailablemethods.Translatingisamental,multi-factorialactivitywhichcannotexhaustivelybeinvestigatedwithinalinguisticframeworkignoringthepersonofthetranslator.”(Wilss,1982:217)“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!”(张南峰，1990：59-60) 附录3-参考文献范例(仅供参考) Wilss,Wolfram.TheScienceofTranslationProblemsandMethods.GunterNarrVerlagTubingen,1982.Newmark,Peter.ATextbookofTranslation.NewYork:PrenticeHall,1988.Delabastita,Dirk.TranslatingPuns:AfalseOppositioninTranslationStudies.Target,1991(3:2):137-152.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“1条龙”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论品牌名称翻译的特殊性专业： 研究方向： 作者： 导师： 写作时间：对外经济贸易大学 英语学院(英文) SchoolofInternationalStudies UniversityofInternationalBusinessandEconomicsPragmaticStrategies inAd