| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第12-21页 |
| ·Objective and significance of the research | 第12-15页 |
| ·Literature review | 第15-18页 |
| ·Studies on translation of Sister Carrie abroad | 第15-16页 |
| ·Studies on translation of Sister Carrie in China | 第16-18页 |
| ·Research questions, research method and structure of this thesis | 第18-21页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Theoretical basis: cognitive linguistic view on translation | 第21-34页 |
| ·The philosophical basis and cognitive linguistics | 第21-24页 |
| ·Embodied philosophy | 第21-23页 |
| ·Cognitive linguistics | 第23-24页 |
| ·Cognitive linguistic view on translation | 第24-34页 |
| ·Traditional translation theories | 第24-25页 |
| ·Main thoughts of cognitive translation view on translation | 第25-29页 |
| ·Two main factors in cognitive linguistic view on translation | 第29-34页 |
| ·The multiple embodied interactions | 第30-32页 |
| ·The exertion of creativity | 第32-34页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Study on two major factors influencing the production and the acceptance of Sister Carrie | 第34-42页 |
| ·The substitute’s embodied interactions | 第35-37页 |
| ·The embodied interactions between the writer and the reality | 第35-36页 |
| ·The embodied interactions between the writer, the readers and the reality | 第36-37页 |
| ·The self embodied interactions | 第37-42页 |
| ·The embodied interactions among the cognitive subjects and the reality | 第37-40页 |
| ·The exertion of creativity-the feasibility of co- existence of various translated texts | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Study on two major factors influencing the translation | 第42-71页 |
| ·The contrastive study | 第43-69页 |
| ·Different times’ backgrounds | 第43-64页 |
| ·Word expressions | 第46-55页 |
| ·Sentence forms | 第55-60页 |
| ·Rhetorical devices | 第60-64页 |
| ·Different individuals’ ideology | 第64-69页 |
| ·Omission | 第65-67页 |
| ·Rewriting | 第67-69页 |
| ·Reproduction of “two worlds” | 第69-71页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第71-75页 |
| ·General remarks on the study | 第71-73页 |
| ·Limitation, originality and suggestions | 第73-75页 |
| Works cited | 第75-80页 |
