本站原创functionandapplicationofdescriptivetranslationstudies1introductiontheintentionofthisstudyistoexplorepossibleadvantagesofdescriptivetranslationstudiesasinitsapplicationintranslationpracticeandtranslationanalysis.sinceearly20thcentury,translationstudiesgraduallybrokeawayfromthemarginalstatuswithinotherrelateddisciplinesandestablisheditselfasanempiricalscience.fromthenon,schoolsofthoughthekeptingoutandeachclaimsitslegitimacyforexistence.amongtheseschoolsisdescriptivetranslationstudies(dts).dtsapproachestranslationfromanempiricalperspective.translationisviewedtobeasocialactivityhingsignificantimportanceinthereceivingcultureandforthetargetmunity.therefore,translationisdealtwithbeyondthelinguisticrealizationandlanguageparison,andisincorporatedinsocialandculturalcontext.myattentionwairstdirectedtodtsbyitspeculiarcharacteristicofobservation,descriptionandexplanation.thesubjectiswhateverhappensintranslationpractice,fromthedeterminationofprospectivefunctionoftranslationtotheprocessoftranslator&rsquo,schoiceofstrategies,brainstormingandtherevision,tothefinalproductmakingappearanceinthetargetmunity.themethodofdtsisbasicallydescriptive.theprescriptivetendencyandtheproblem-solutionpatternisabandoned.translationphenomenaarenoteddown.withaccumulateddata,someunderlyingtruthsabouttranslationwilleoutwhichwillprovetobeinstructivenotonlyfortheoreticalprobebutalsoforappliedtranslationpractice.iwillapplythisdescriptivemethodinthecasestudyofthisthesis.aconvenienttoolhasbeensetuptoconductdts.norm&rdquo,isoperativeateverystageofdescriptionandexplanation.function,processandproductandtheirrelationshipaswellareskeletalstructureofwhatconstitutedescriptivestudies.translationphenomenaareaccountedforwiththehelpofnorm.thecasetakeninthisthesisisthechineseclassicthedreamofredmansions.twoenglishversionstranslatedrespectivelybyyanghsien-yianddidhawksareparedandobservationsaremadeinregardtotheirtranslationapproaches.inthisregard,myobservationsarelimitedtoseveralaspects,ihopein-depthobservationandexplanationwilldoneinlightofdts.2outline2.1developmentandmajorconceptsofdtsinthispartiwilldescribeholms&rsquo,basicmapofdtsandtherelationshipbetweenfunction,processandproduct.iwillalsodiscusssomeimportantconceptssuchaspseudo-translation,multipletranslation,translationese,normetc.2.2methodolgyiwillinthispartdiscussthemethodologyofdtsbeforeiapplythesametothecasestudyinthisthesiswithemphasistobeplacedonsemioticapproachandtheconceptnorm.
2.3dtsincontrasttoothertheoriesacontraststudywillbeconductedherewiththeobjectivetofindthedifferenceofdtromothertheoriessuchasequivalencetheoryandthechinesexindayacriteria.someadvantagewillpossiblybeshowninthisstudy.2.4casestudyinthispart,translationofthedreamofredmansions(alsotranslatedasthestoryofthestone)willbeunderinvestigationinlightofdts.translationsamplestobequotedherewillbeselectedatrandom.2.5conclusionbasedontheaboveelaborationofdtsandthecasestudy,possibleconclusionwillbeontheadvantageofdtsinspecificstudyoftranslation.suggestionsonfurtherresearcheffortswillbemadealso.(note:whilethetopicwillremainthesame,theabovearrangementofcontentsissubjecttochangeintheprocessofwriting.)0000附录2-引文范例(仅供参考)itisthereforepointlesstotrytomaketcmorescientificthanissensibleinviewofitsplexsubject-matterandailablemethods.translatingisamental,multi-factorialactivitywhichcannotexhaustivelybeinvestigatedwithinalinguisticframeworkignoringthepersonofthetranslator.&rdquo,(wilss,1982:217)&lsquo,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!&rdquo,&rsquo,（张南峰,1990：59-60）附录3-参考文献范例(仅供参考)wilss,wolfram.thescienceoftranslation&ndash,problemsandmethods.gunternarrverlagtubingen,1982.newmark,peter.atextbookoftranslation.newyork:prenticehall,1988.delabastita,dirk.translatingpuns:afalseoppositionintranslationstudies.target,1991(3:2):137-152.专业：研究方向：作者：导师：写作时间：&mdash,对外经济贸易大学英语学院（英文）schoolofinternationalstudiesuniversityofinternationalbusinessandeconomicspragmaticstrategiesinadvertising:implicatureswangyingathesissubmittedtoschoolofinternationalstudiesofuniversityofinternationalbusinessandeconomicsinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementforthedegreeofmasterofartsapril2002beijing,china