| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| Chapter One A Survey of the Adaptation Theory | 第15-22页 |
| 1．1 The use of language as the choice of language | 第16-17页 |
| 1．2 Three characteristics of language | 第17-19页 |
| 1．2．1 Variability | 第17页 |
| 1．2．2 Negotiability | 第17-18页 |
| 1．2．3 Adaptability | 第18-19页 |
| 1．2．4 Summary | 第19页 |
| 1．3 Four angles of investigation | 第19-20页 |
| 1．4 Dynamics | 第20-22页 |
| 1．4．1 The temporal dimension | 第20页 |
| 1．4．2 Dynamics and context | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two Context and Translating | 第22-31页 |
| 2．1 Translation's reliance on contexts | 第22-24页 |
| 2．1．1 Eliminating ambiguities | 第22-23页 |
| 2．1．2 Removing vagueness | 第23页 |
| 2．1．3 Indicating referents | 第23页 |
| 2．1．4 Supplying information omitted through ellipsis | 第23-24页 |
| 2．2 The study of context | 第24-31页 |
| 2．2．1 Definition of context | 第25页 |
| 2．2．2 Various kinds of interpretations of context | 第25-28页 |
| 2．2．3 Verschueren's interpretation and classification of context | 第28-31页 |
| Chapter Three Culture, language and translating | 第31-48页 |
| 3．1 Definitions of culture in translating | 第32-33页 |
| 3．2 Different classifications of culture | 第33-35页 |
| 3．2．1 Encarta's classification of culture | 第33-34页 |
| 3．2．2 Nida's classification of culture | 第34页 |
| 3．2．3 Chen Hongwei's classification of culture | 第34-35页 |
| 3．3 The relationship between culture and language | 第35-36页 |
| 3．4 The relationship between culture and translation | 第36-37页 |
| 3．5 The difference between eastern and western cultures | 第37-48页 |
| 3．5．1 The similarities between Chinese and English cultures | 第37-39页 |
| 3．5．2 The differences between Chinese and English cultures | 第39-48页 |
| Chapter Four Dynamic Adaptation to Communication Context | 第48-66页 |
| 4．1 Domestication and foreignization | 第48-51页 |
| 4．1．1 Disputes over literal translation vs． free translation in China | 第48-50页 |
| 4．1．2 Controversy over domestication vs． foreignization abroad | 第50-51页 |
| 4．2 Adaptation theory and cultranslation | 第51-66页 |
| 4．2．1 Dynamic adaptation to communication context in the physical world | 第51-55页 |
| 4．2．2 Dynamic adaptation to communication context in the mental world | 第55-61页 |
| 4．2．3 Dynamic adaptation to communication context in the social world | 第61-66页 |
| Conclusion | 第66-70页 |
| BibIiography | 第70-75页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第75-76页 |
| Appendix | 第76-77页 |
| 原创性声明 | 第77页 |
