| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-12页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第12-18页 |
| ·RESEARCH BACKGROUND | 第12-13页 |
| ·RESEARCH SIGNIFICANCE | 第13-14页 |
| ·RESEARCH STATEMENT | 第14-16页 |
| ·Research Objective and Possible Contributions | 第15页 |
| ·Corpus | 第15页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第15-16页 |
| ·STRUCTURE OF THE THESIS | 第16-18页 |
| CHAPTER ONE LITERATURE REVIEW | 第18-30页 |
| ·AN OVERVIEW OF THE SITUATION OF SIGN TRANSLATION | 第18-20页 |
| ·Sign Translation in China | 第18-20页 |
| ·Pitfalls in Current Studies | 第20页 |
| ·FUNCTIONALIST APPROACHES: BACKGROUND AND BASIC CONCEPTS | 第20-30页 |
| ·Early Views of Equivalence-Based Translation Theories: Evolution and Pitfalls | 第20-22页 |
| ·Functionalist Approaches: Assumptions and Basic Concepts | 第22-30页 |
| CHAPTER TWO SIGNS AND AN OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT C-E SIGN TRANSLATION | 第30-54页 |
| ·A TEXT-TYPE ANALYSIS OF SIGNS | 第30-42页 |
| ·Definition | 第30-31页 |
| ·Functions | 第31-34页 |
| ·Features | 第34-36页 |
| ·Classification | 第36-42页 |
| ·CURRENT C-E SIGN TRANSLATION PROBLEMS: CASE STUDY | 第42-54页 |
| ·Trauma | 第42-44页 |
| ·Hidden Injury | 第44-50页 |
| ·Causes for the Problems | 第50-54页 |
| CHAPTER THREE ANALYSIS OF C-E SIGN TRANSLATION WITH FUNCTIONALIST APPROACHES | 第54-84页 |
| ·ADOPTION OF THE DTS AS THE METHODOLOGY | 第54-56页 |
| ·ANALYZING KEY STEPS IN THE TRANSLATION PROCESS | 第56-65页 |
| ·Pre-Translating Analysis | 第56-60页 |
| ·While-Translating Rreverbalization | 第60-61页 |
| ·After-Translating Evaluation | 第61-65页 |
| ·SUGGESTED STRATEGIES OF THE C-E SIGN TRANSLATION: CASE STUDY | 第65-84页 |
| ·Equivalent Translation | 第65-68页 |
| ·Formulated Translation | 第68-75页 |
| ·Omission | 第75-77页 |
| ·The Use of Pinyin | 第77-80页 |
| ·Various Flexible Translation Skills | 第80-84页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS | 第84-93页 |
| ·FINDINGS | 第84-86页 |
| ·The Combination of Translation Theory and Translation Practice | 第84-85页 |
| ·A Tentative Top-Down Model | 第85-86页 |
| ·IMPLICATIONS | 第86-93页 |
| ·Implication for Quality Assessment | 第86-91页 |
| ·Implications for Specific Sign Translations in China | 第91-93页 |
| CONCLUSION | 第93-95页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第95-98页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第98页 |
