| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| 1．1 Literature review on culture in Translation | 第8-10页 |
| 1．2 Purpose of the thesis | 第10-11页 |
| 1．3 Layout of the study | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two Culture Elements in Translation | 第13-17页 |
| 2．1 Definitions of culture and translation | 第13-14页 |
| 2．1．1 Definition of culture | 第13-14页 |
| 2．1．2 Definition of Translation | 第14页 |
| 2．2 Cultural discrepancies | 第14-15页 |
| 2．3 Cultural overlap, diffusion and translatability | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Three Texts with Different Language Functions and Newmark's Translation Theory | 第17-25页 |
| 3．1 Theoretical background for functional texts classification | 第17-20页 |
| 3．1．1 The text function | 第17-18页 |
| 3．1．2 Division of the three functions of language | 第18-20页 |
| 3．2 Three major types with different language functions | 第20页 |
| 3．3 Relevant translation method | 第20-25页 |
| 3．3．1 Limitation of previous translation theories | 第20-21页 |
| 3．3．2 Semantic and Communicative translation | 第21-24页 |
| 3．3．3 Newmark's assumption on cultural elements in different functional texts | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter Four Translation of Cultural Elements in Different Functional Texts | 第25-53页 |
| 4．1 Cultural elements in texts of expressive function | 第25-34页 |
| 4．1．1 Restriction of cultural elements translation | 第25-26页 |
| 4．1．2 Requirements of expressive texts | 第26-27页 |
| 4．1．3 Validity of semantic translation | 第27-34页 |
| 4．2 Cultural elements in texts of informative function | 第34-43页 |
| 4．2．1 Restriction of cultural elements translation | 第34-35页 |
| 4．2．2 Requirements of informative texts | 第35页 |
| 4．2．3 Validity of Communicative translation | 第35-43页 |
| 4．3 Cultural elements in texts of vocative function | 第43-53页 |
| 4．3．1 Restriction of cultural elements translation | 第43-44页 |
| 4．3．2 Requirement of vocative texts | 第44-45页 |
| 4．3．3 Validity of Communicative translation | 第45-53页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第53-56页 |
| 5．1 Summary | 第53-54页 |
| 5．2 Approaches to cultural elements translation in functional texts | 第54-55页 |
| 5．3 Outlook | 第55-56页 |
| Bibliography | 第56-59页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第59页 |
