| Introduction | 第1-16页 |
| 1． ”Reception Theory,” as I See It | 第16-24页 |
| 1．1 main ideas of reception theory | 第17-18页 |
| 1．1．1 The concept of literary work | 第17-18页 |
| 1．1．2 The roles of the readers | 第18页 |
| 1．1．3 The status of the readers | 第18页 |
| 1．2 understanding the process of translation from the perspective of reception theory | 第18-23页 |
| 1．2．1 horizon of expectation | 第19-20页 |
| 1．2．2 the concept of literary work | 第20-21页 |
| 1．2．3 indeterminacy of the text | 第21-22页 |
| 1．2．4 defamiliarization of literary work | 第22-23页 |
| 1．3 limitations of reception theory | 第23-24页 |
| 2． Idioms, Problems in Idiom Translation and Special Approaches Needed | 第24-38页 |
| 2．1 the definition of idiom | 第24-25页 |
| 2．2 the features of idioms | 第25-27页 |
| 2．2．1 semantic opaqueness | 第25-26页 |
| 2．2．2 invariability in structure | 第26-27页 |
| 2．3 the recognition of idioms | 第27-28页 |
| 2．4 the interpretation of idioms:difficulties | 第28-30页 |
| 2．5 the translation of idioms:difficulties | 第30-33页 |
| 2．6 theoretical basis for the possibility of translating idioms | 第33-38页 |
| 2．6．1 the existence of language universals | 第35-36页 |
| 2．6．2 the extent of cultural similarities | 第36页 |
| 2．6．3 certain intellectual capacity of all peoples | 第36-38页 |
| 3． Idiom Translation Approached from the Perspective of Reception Theory | 第38-49页 |
| 3．1 readers' role and status | 第39-41页 |
| 3．2 the shift of horizon of expectation | 第41-44页 |
| 3．3 reception and cultural exchange | 第44-49页 |
| 4． The Translation of Images in Idioms | 第49-62页 |
| 4．1 intrinsic features of idiom:literal meaning and figurative meaning | 第51页 |
| 4．2 the features of literal meaning | 第51-55页 |
| 4．2．1 the concept of cultural image | 第52-53页 |
| 4．2．2 the correlation between image,association and meaning | 第53-55页 |
| 4．3 the associations of receptors and the translationof idiom | 第55-62页 |
| 4．3．1 the source idiom is treated as a single narration in the target language | 第55-56页 |
| 4．3．2 obscure or illogical source image | 第56-57页 |
| 4．3．3 the source image has two or more than two meanings | 第57-59页 |
| 4．3．4 the source image only has one association in the target language | 第59-60页 |
| 4．3．5 the source image has a similar partial or total image in the target language | 第60-62页 |
| 5． Conclusion | 第62-65页 |
