| Introduction | 第1-9页 |
| Chapter One The Chinese Image and the English Image | 第9-21页 |
| 1．1 Basically Corresponding | 第9-12页 |
| 1．1．1 Semantically Corresponding | 第10-11页 |
| 1．1．1．1 Metaphors with similar conceptual meanings | 第10页 |
| 1．1．1．2 Metaphors with similar connotative meanings | 第10-11页 |
| 1．1．2 Pragmatically Corresponding | 第11-12页 |
| 1．2 Partly Corresponding | 第12-14页 |
| 1．2．1 Metaphors with partly corresponding connotative meanings | 第12-13页 |
| 1．2．2 Metaphors with partly corresponding reflected meanings | 第13-14页 |
| 1．2．2．1 The reflected meaning is shaped by particular cultural factors | 第14页 |
| 1．2．2．2 Some words may arouse negative or impolite association | 第14页 |
| 1．2．2．3 The reflected meaning is variable | 第14页 |
| 1．2．2．4 Some words carry particular ethical values | 第14页 |
| 1．3 Not corresponding | 第14-21页 |
| 1．3．1 Metaphors containing idiomatic words and phrases | 第15-16页 |
| 1．3．2 Metaphors concerning sensibilities | 第16-17页 |
| 1．3．3 Metaphors with different collocations in the two languages | 第17-18页 |
| 1．3．3．1 Collocations between Measure words and Nouns （MN） | 第18页 |
| 1．3．3．2 Collocations between Modifiers and Modified （MrMd） | 第18页 |
| 1．3．4 Metaphors with word transformation: Noun→Verb | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter Two The Influences of Cultural Elements On Metaphors | 第21-35页 |
| 2．1 Ecological and physical influences | 第21-23页 |
| 2．2 Social influences | 第23-25页 |
| 2．3 Linguistic Influences | 第25-28页 |
| 2．3．1 Linguistic structures and lexical units | 第25-26页 |
| 2．3．2 Usages | 第26-27页 |
| 2．3．3 Semantic influences | 第27-28页 |
| 2．4 Ideational Influences | 第28-35页 |
| 2．4．1 Ideology | 第28-30页 |
| 2．4．2 Religious Belief | 第30-31页 |
| 2．4．3 Values and attitudes | 第31-35页 |
| Chapter Three The Translation of Metaphors | 第35-60页 |
| 3．1 What has been said about the translation of metaphors | 第35-36页 |
| 3．2 The main principle in metaphor translation | 第36-39页 |
| 3．2．1 Enlarging the cultural vision of the TL readers | 第37-38页 |
| 3．2．2 Furthering the TL readers'understanding of the SL culture | 第38页 |
| 3．2．3 Enriching the target language | 第38-39页 |
| 3．3 The Sequential Model in Translation | 第39-41页 |
| 3．4 The translation of metaphor | 第41-54页 |
| 3．4．1 Literal translation | 第42-47页 |
| 3．4．2 Free translation | 第47-54页 |
| 3．4．2．1 Converting the metaphor to meaning | 第48-51页 |
| 3．4．2．2 Replacing the SL image with an established TL image | 第51-53页 |
| 3．4．2．3 Adding or omitting the metaphor | 第53-54页 |
| 3．5 Notes | 第54-60页 |
| 3．5．1 Catching the exact meaning of the source language metaphor | 第54-55页 |
| 3．5．2 Choosing proper sense and style | 第55-57页 |
| 3．5．3 Taking into account the TL reader's response | 第57-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-63页 |
| References | 第63-64页 |
