| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第9页 |
| ·Purpose and Significance of the Study | 第9页 |
| ·The General Structure of the Study | 第9-11页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第11-15页 |
| ·Politeness | 第11-12页 |
| ·Brown & Levinson’s explanation of politeness phenomenon: Face Theory | 第12-13页 |
| ·Leech’s explanation of politeness phenomenon: Politeness Principle | 第13页 |
| ·Politeness phenomenon: universal or culture-specific? | 第13页 |
| ·Politeness and Translation | 第13-15页 |
| 3 Comparison and Contrast between Leech’s and Gu’s Politeness Principle | 第15-22页 |
| ·Leech’s Politeness Principle | 第15-17页 |
| ·Gu Yueguo’s Politeness Principle | 第17-19页 |
| ·Similarities of Chinese and western politeness princples | 第19页 |
| ·Differences between Chinese and English politeness principles | 第19-22页 |
| ·Reasons of the Differences | 第19-20页 |
| ·Differences | 第20-22页 |
| 4 Differences between Chinese and English Politeness Expressions | 第22-30页 |
| ·Addressing Terms | 第22-23页 |
| ·Honorific and Humble Words | 第23页 |
| ·Taboos and Euphemisms | 第23-24页 |
| ·Mode of Thinking | 第24-25页 |
| ·Nonverbal Communication | 第25-26页 |
| ·Thanks | 第26-27页 |
| ·Ways to express apology | 第27页 |
| ·Refusal | 第27-28页 |
| ·Agreement | 第28页 |
| ·Ways of compliment | 第28-30页 |
| 5 Translation of Politeness Expressions in “A Dream of Red Mansions” | 第30-42页 |
| ·Examples from Yang’s Translation of “A Dream of Red Mansions” | 第30-41页 |
| ·Translation of Addressing terms | 第30-34页 |
| ·Translation of Honorific and Humble Words | 第34-36页 |
| ·Translation of Euphemism | 第36-37页 |
| ·Translation of nonverbal communication | 第37页 |
| ·Translation of thanks | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Translation of apology | 第38-39页 |
| ·The Translation of refusal | 第39-40页 |
| ·Translation of agreement | 第40页 |
| ·Translation of Compliments | 第40-41页 |
| ·Translation strategies concluded from Yang’s Examples | 第41-42页 |
| 6 Conclusions | 第42-44页 |
| ·Conclusions of the thesis | 第42页 |
| ·Significance and Future Prospects of the thesis | 第42页 |
| ·The limitation and direction for further researches | 第42-44页 |
| References | 第44-48页 |
| Appendix | 第48-49页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第49页 |
