本站原创下面是一篇英语论文的开题报告范文,反应了开题报告的格式和写法,有一定的借鉴价值.
functionandapplicationofdescriptivetranslationstudies
1introduction
theintentionofthisstudyistoexplorepossibleadvantagesofdescriptivetranslationstudiesasinitsapplicationintranslationpracticeandtranslationanalysis.
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.
2outline
2.1developmentandmajorconceptsofdts
inthispartiwilldescribeholms&rsquo,basicmapofdtsandtherelationshipbetweenfunction,processandproduct.iwillalsodiscusssomeimportantconceptssuchaspseudo-translation,multipletranslation,translationese,normetc.
2.2methodolgy
iwillinthispartdiscussthemethodologyofdtsbeforeiapplythesametothecasestudyinthisthesiswithemphasistobeplacedonsemioticapproachandtheconceptnorm.
2.3dtsincontrasttoothertheories
acontraststudywillbeconductedherewiththeobjectivetofindthedifferenceofdtromothertheoriessuchasequivalencetheoryandthechinesexindayacriteria.someadvantagewillpossiblybeshowninthisstudy.
2.4casestudy
inthispart,translationofthedreamofredmansions(alsotranslatedasthestoryofthestone)willbe
underinvestigationinlightofdts.translationsamplestobequotedherewillbeselectedatrandom.
2.5conclusion
basedontheaboveelaborationofdtsandthecasestudy,possibleconclusionwillbeontheadvantageofdtsinspecificstudyoftranslation.suggestionsonfurtherresearcheffortswillbemadealso.
(note:whilethetopicwillremainthesame,theabovearrangementofcontentsissubjecttochangeintheprocessofwriting.)
itisthereforepointlesstotrytomaketcmorescientificthanissensibleinviewofitsplexsubject-matterandailablemethods.translatingisamental,multi-factorialactivitywhichcannotexhaustivelybeinvestigatedwithinalinguisticframeworkignoringthepersonofthetranslator.&rdquo,