| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| List of Tables and Figures | 第9-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·Rationale of the study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Purpose of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the study | 第12页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第14-30页 |
| ·Different research about nominalization | 第14-27页 |
| ·Jespersen’s study on nominalization | 第14-16页 |
| ·The transformational-generative view of nominalization | 第16-18页 |
| ·The systemic-functional view of nominalization | 第18-26页 |
| ·Grammatical metaphor | 第18-20页 |
| ·Nominalization under GM | 第20-23页 |
| ·Functions of nominalization | 第23-26页 |
| ·Domestic research of nominalization | 第26-27页 |
| ·Previous studies on the legislative text translation | 第27页 |
| ·Previous studies about the application of nominalization in translation | 第27-28页 |
| ·Summary | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter Three Nominalization in Legislative Texts | 第30-40页 |
| ·About legislative texts | 第30-36页 |
| ·A brief introduction to legal language and its texts | 第30-32页 |
| ·A deep concern about legislative texts | 第32-36页 |
| ·Nominalization in the Constitution of the US | 第36-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter Four Translation of Nominalization in Legislative Texts | 第40-57页 |
| ·Legislative text translation | 第40-44页 |
| ·The principles of legislative text translation | 第41-42页 |
| ·Nida’s translating theory | 第42-44页 |
| ·The translating strategies of nominalization in legislative texts | 第44-56页 |
| ·General translation of nominalization in legislative text | 第44-50页 |
| ·Translation of nominalization from the perspective of deep structures | 第50-54页 |
| ·Translation of nominalization in legislative texts | 第54-56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-57页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第57-60页 |
| Bibliography | 第60-63页 |
