| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·Necessity and Significance of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| ·Research Questions and Methods | 第11-12页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第13-23页 |
| ·Comedy | 第13-17页 |
| ·Definition of Comedy | 第13-14页 |
| ·Essence and Artistic forms of Comedy | 第14-15页 |
| ·Comedy Theories Abroad | 第15页 |
| ·Comedy Theories at Home | 第15-17页 |
| ·Peter Newmark and His Theory | 第17-19页 |
| ·Studies on the Translation of HLM | 第19-23页 |
| ·Studies Abroad | 第19-20页 |
| ·Studies at Home | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter Three Semantic Translation and Communicative Translation | 第23-35页 |
| ·The Background of ST and CT | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Definition of ST and CT | 第25-27页 |
| ·The Relationship Between ST and CT | 第27-30页 |
| ·Differences between ST and CT | 第27-29页 |
| ·Similarities between ST and CT | 第29-30页 |
| ·Significance of ST and CT | 第30-35页 |
| ·Language Function and Text-type Appropriateness | 第30-32页 |
| ·ST&CT and Text Typology | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Four Two English Versions of HLM and Comedy Elements in It | 第35-46页 |
| ·The author of HLM and its Major Critics | 第35-37页 |
| ·Two English Versions of HLM | 第37-38页 |
| ·Comedy Elements in HLM | 第38-46页 |
| ·Comedy Categories in HLM | 第40-43页 |
| ·Functions of Comedy in HLM | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter Five A Comparative Study of Comedy Translation in HLM's Two English Versions from the Perspective of ST and CT | 第46-62页 |
| ·A Comparison of Yang Xianyi's and Hawkes' Versions | 第46-49页 |
| ·Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang and A Dream of Red Mansions | 第46-47页 |
| ·Hawkes and The Story of the Stone | 第47-48页 |
| ·Yang Xianyi's and Hawkes' motivations and principles for the translation of HLM | 第48-49页 |
| ·A Comparative Study of Comedy Translation | 第49-60页 |
| ·Stress on Content or Effect | 第49-52页 |
| ·Orientation | 第52-54页 |
| ·Attitude towards source and target culture | 第54-56页 |
| ·Effect of translation | 第56-57页 |
| ·Unit of translation | 第57-58页 |
| ·Overlap of ST and CT | 第58-60页 |
| ·Summary | 第60-62页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第62-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-67页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第67页 |