翻译类英语论文开题报告docWord格式.docx

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学习和研究英语谚语有助于启迪思想，开拓视野，了解英国的历史文化、风土人情，以及英国人民的人生哲理，同时还可以学到生动活泼的大众语言。

本文通过比较英汉成语及谚语这两种语言的相似及不同之处，详细的介绍英语成语及谚语。

第一部分主要从内容和形式两方面谈谈英语成语及谚语的基本特色;

第二部分谈及英语成语及谚语的一般翻译方法和翻译时应该注意的一些问题。

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论文提纲：

thesisstatemen：

thisessaydiscoursethefeaturesandtranslationofenglish

idiomsandproverbs.andfromthesocietyculturetofindoutthebasicdifferentbetweenchinese.

outline

ⅰ.introduction:

forchinesestudents,englishidiomsandproverbsisastumblingblock.sothecharacteristicsandtranslationofidiomsandproverbsshouldbestudied.

ⅱ.thecharacteristicsofenglishidiomsandproverbs

a.thecharacteristicsofenglishidioms

1.simplebutrich

2.harmoniousphonology

3.vividmetaphor

b.thecharacteristicsofenglishproverb

1.conciseandclear

2.symmetricalsentencepattern

3.richandvariedrhetoric

ⅲ.thetranslationofenglishidiomsandproverbs

a.thetheoriesoftranslation

1.literaltranslation

2.freetranslation

3.mechanicalapplicationofthesynonymchineseproverb

4.literaltranslationandfreetranslation

b.thepointsoftranslation

1.theliteraltranslationofproverbsprohibited

2.thetranslationofproverbstokeeptheoriginaltextstyle

3.thetranslationofproverbstonoticethenationalcharacteristic

4.thetranslationofproverbstonoticetheartisticcharacteristic

ⅳ.conclusion

指导教师意见：

指导教师签名：

年月日

翻译类英语论文开题报告篇2HowtoDealwithEllipsisinEnglish-ChineseTranslation

I.PurposeandSignificance

Withthedevelopmentofglobalization,theworldspolitical,economicandculturalcommunicationsarebecomingincreasinglyfrequent.Therefore,theroleoftranslationcannotbeignored.However,thedifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseculturesthatarereflectedinthetwolanguagesposeconsiderabledifficulty.

Itisacknowledgedthatwhendoingtranslationonecannottranslatewordforword,orsentencebysentence.Therefore,wemustusesometranslationstrategiessuchasamplification,ellipsis,conversionandsoon.EllipsisasoneofthebasictranslationmethodsplaysanessentialroleinEnglish-Chineserendition.Translatorsapplyitinordertomaketheirversionsmorecoherentandunderstandable.

AccordingtotheOxfordAdvancedLearnersEnglish-ChineseDictionary,ellipsismeansleavingoutawordorwordsfromasentencedeliberately,whenthemeaningcanbeunderstoodwithoutthem.Ellipsisintranslationdoesnotmeancuttingsomecontentfromtheoriginalarticles.Whatcouldbeomittedarewordsthatareuselessintranslatedworksorelsetheywillmaketheversionsredundantordisobeythemannerofexpressioninanotherlanguage.

SomewordsandphrasesareuselessinChinesebutnecessaryinEnglish.ArticlesinEnglisharethemostsignificantphenomenonfromthisaspect.TheyareveryimportantinEnglish,butwecanhardlyseeanyreflectionofthispartinChinese.Ellipsisisdesignedonthebasisoffaithfulnesstotheoriginaltext,makingitmorefluent,smooth,concise,thusconformingtoidiomaticChinese.ThepaperwillexploreellipsisinEnglish-Chinesetranslationfromfiveaspects,whichareellipsesofpronouns,conjunctions,articles,prepositions,modifications,soastoachievesmootherandclearercommunicationsamongChinaandEnglish-speakingcountries.

II.LiteratureReview

Longbefore,somepeoplebegantolearnothercountrieslanguagestounderstandotherscultures.InChina,XuanzangwasthefirsttranslatorwhonotonlytranslatedtheSanskritsutrasintoChinese,butintroducedthefirstChinesewritingstoforeigncountries,makingforeignersunderstandChinasancientculture.Meanwhile,hewasthefirsttotranslateLaoTsesworksintoSanskrit.IndianscholarshadahighopinionofXuanzang,InChina,thereisnosuchgreattranslator,andalsointhehumanculturalhistory,wecanonlysaythatXuanzangisthefirstgreattranslator.（YeLang,2008）WecansaythatitwasXuanzangwhomotivatedpeopletoknowthedifferentpartsoftheworld,theirculturesandthepeopleswholivethere.Then,somebigcountriessuchasAmerica,China,andsoonbecameameltingpot.（GuZhengkun,2000）Peoplehaveimperceptiblyspentthousandsofyearsinknowingeachother.

WithChinasentryintoWTOanditsopen-uppolicy,cross-culturalexchangesareincreasinglyfrequentbetweenthiscountryandothers.AlotofforeigntouristscometovisitChina.Whiletraveling,theseforeignersarenotsatisfiedwiththetranslationsofthescenicspots.Sometimes,theyevenfeelconfused.Alotofproblemsexistinthetranslation,suchasmisuseofwords,poorexpressionofmeaningandsoon.Allofthesepoortranslationsdoharmtoourcountrysinternationalimage,andcausealotofinconveniencesfortheforeignvisitors.（MaZuyi,2000）.Iamfondoftourismandbeingafreetouristliketheotherswhoaregoodatenjoyingtheirwonderfullives.Theloveoftourismmakesmefeeltheneedtoimprovethetranslation.ButeverytimewhenIhaveatrip,manyunsuitabletranslationsofthenamesofthosescenicspotswillembarrassme.Tourismispartofinterculturalcommunication,sopropertranslationofthescenicspotsbecomemoreandmoreimportanttoourcountry.

Communicationplaysasignificantroleintheglobalizedsociety.Inordertoknoweachotherbetter,peoplefromallovertheworldhavetriedaverityofways.Ofcourse,translationisoneofthem.Alltranslatorshavedonetheirbesttomakethetranslatedworksmoreconsistentwiththeneedsofpeople.（GuJinming,1997）Frommyperspective,theyreallyhavedoneagreatjob.AndIwanttoretrospectthecauseoftheirdevelopment.Afterathoroughevaluation,IchooseabranchoftranslationellipsisintranslationfromEnglishtoChinese,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,andinChinesetherearenumerousidiomslikeyanjianyigai（meaningcompendious）.However,apartfromthefunctionofbrevity,ellipsisembodiesotherfunctionswhicharealsoprettycommoninthetwolanguagesbutlessnoticed.（HuaXianfa,2002）ThesefunctionsdistributeinbothEnglishandChineseunevenlyandrepresentgreatcolorfulnessoflanguage.ExploringotherfunctionsofellipsisandsearchingforfunctionalrecreationintranslationwillbeofmuchbenefittobothEnglishtoChineseandChinesetoEnglishtranslation.

IfoundthatwhenChineseauthorstrytoanalyseellipsisinEnglishtoChinesetranslation,theyalwaysinitiallyputarticlesinthelist.TheyconsiderthatitisacommonphenomenonthatChinesealwaysleaveoutpersonalarticles.WhileitisobviouslydifferentinEnglishthatalmosteverysentencehasasubject,wecanseearticlesfluently.ThatisbecausewhenwetranslatefromEnglishtoChinese,personalarticlescanbeomitted,eventhoughsometimesitmayappearonce,itcanalsobeomittedifnecessary.Furthermore,iftheobjectscanbeseenobviously,personalarticlesshouldalsobeomitted.However,itneverhappensinEnglish.Fromthispoint,itisnotonlyallowablebutalsonecessarywhenwetranslatepersonalarticleswhichareobjectsinsentencesintoChinese.

Inmypointofview,thedevelopmentofsocietyhasinsomewayhasdeliberatelypromotedthewayofpeoplesthinking,translationsystemhasbecomemoreandmoreperfect,peoplefromallovertheworldhaveenjoyedtheconvenience.However,wecannotneglectthattherearestillsomeproblemsinthisfieldinChina,andwehavelessinfluentialChinesetranslatorsintheworld.Therefore,westillhavealongwaytogointranslation.

III.FeasibilityAnalysis

Thisacademicpaperisafeasibleprojectandthereasonsareasfollows:

1.IhavegreatinterestsinthewayofEnglish-Chinesetranslation.

2.Ihavealreadystudiedtranslationmethodsandhavebeenfamiliarwiththefunctionsandapplicationsofellipsis.

3.IhavecollectedenoughreferencesbothChineseandWesternonellipsisin

translationanddoascrupulousstudyoftherelationshipbetweenthem.

4.Ihaveacarefullyplannedscheduleandhaveworkedoutadetailedoutlineofthisthesis.

5.Ihaveacquaintedmyselfwiththecorrectformat,aclearandcompletestructurerequiredbytheacademicpaper,andmyadequateEnglishcompetencewillenablemetowriteinfluentandpreciseEnglish.

6.Myinstructorisaqualifiedtranslatorwhoisfamiliarwit