| 摘要 | 第1页 |
| Abstract | 第4-7页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第7-11页 |
| ·Significance and Purpose of the Study | 第7-8页 |
| ·Methodology | 第8-9页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第11-21页 |
| ·Reviews on Previous Study | 第11页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework | 第11-21页 |
| ·Definition of Culture Vacancy | 第11-12页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Schema Theory | 第12-16页 |
| ·Definition of a schema | 第12-14页 |
| ·Development of Schema Theory | 第14页 |
| ·Characteristics of Schemata | 第14-15页 |
| ·Classification of Schema Theory | 第15-16页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction to Eugene A.Nida's Functional Equivalence | 第16-21页 |
| Chapter 3 Cultural Vacancy | 第21-35页 |
| ·The Origin of Cultural Vacancy | 第21-22页 |
| ·Cultural Vacancy Factors | 第22-35页 |
| ·Ecological Cultural Vacancy | 第22-25页 |
| ·The Chinese geography VS.The British geography | 第23页 |
| ·The Chinese agriculture civilization VS.The English sea civilization | 第23-25页 |
| ·Religious Cultural Vacancy | 第25-28页 |
| ·Material Cultural Vacancy | 第28-30页 |
| ·Social Cultural Vacancy | 第30-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter 4 Cultural Schemata and Translatability of Cultural Vacancy | 第35-39页 |
| ·Relationship between Cultural Schemata and Cultural Vacancy | 第35-36页 |
| ·Translatability of Cultural Vacancy Caused by English Idioms Translation | 第36-37页 |
| ·Limitation of Translatability of Cultural Vacancy | 第37-39页 |
| ·Limits Rooted in Linguistic Anisomorphism | 第37页 |
| ·Limits Rooted in Cultural Anisomorphism | 第37-39页 |
| Chapter 5 The Application of Cultural Schemata in English Idioms Translation | 第39-49页 |
| ·Corresponding Idioms and Their translation | 第40-42页 |
| ·Semi-corresponding Idioms and their translation | 第42-44页 |
| ·Image-shift Translation | 第43-44页 |
| ·Integrated Approach | 第44页 |
| ·Non-corresponding Idioms and Their Translation | 第44-48页 |
| ·Compensatory Translation | 第45-46页 |
| ·Free Translation | 第46-47页 |
| ·Explanational Translation | 第47-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-49页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| ·Findings of study | 第49-50页 |
| ·Limitations of study | 第50-51页 |
| Notes | 第51-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-54页 |
| Websites available | 第54-55页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第55-56页 |
| Appendix | 第56-61页 |
| Publication | 第61页 |
