| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第6-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION | 第11-14页 |
| 1.1 Background of the Research | 第11页 |
| 1.2 Object and Significance of the Research | 第11-12页 |
| 1.3 Methodolgy of the Research | 第12页 |
| 1.4 Layout of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW | 第14-21页 |
| 2.1 Definition of Chinese Four-character Structures | 第14页 |
| 2.2 Studies on the English Translation of Chinese Four-character Structures | 第14-18页 |
| 2.3 Status Quo of the Research | 第18-21页 |
| CHAPTER III THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: SKOPOS THEORY | 第21-28页 |
| 3.1 Basic Concepts of Skopos Theory | 第21-24页 |
| 3.1.1 Definition of Skopos Theory | 第21-22页 |
| 3.1.2 Principles of Skopos Theory | 第22页 |
| 3.1.3 Rules of Skopos Theory | 第22-24页 |
| 3.2 Skopos Theory as a Guideline in the Translation of Diplomatic News | 第24-26页 |
| 3.2.1 Text Typology | 第24-25页 |
| 3.2.2 Skopos Theory | 第25-26页 |
| 3.3 Summary | 第26-28页 |
| CHAPTER IV ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF CHINESE FOUR-CHARACTERSTRUCTURES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SKOPOS THEORY | 第28-47页 |
| 4.1 Major Problems with Translating Chinese Four-character Structures in DiplomaticNews | 第28-29页 |
| 4.2 Features of Diplomatic News | 第29-30页 |
| 4.2.1 Lexical Features | 第29-30页 |
| 4.2.2 Grammatical Features | 第30页 |
| 4.2.3 Rhetorical Features | 第30页 |
| 4.3 Translation Strategies and methods of Chinese Four-character Structures from thePerspective of Skopos theory | 第30-33页 |
| 4.4 Translation Methods and Techniques for Different Types of Chinese our-characterstructures | 第33-47页 |
| 4.4.1 Translation of Chinese Four-character structures with Two Reduplicate Parts | 第33-37页 |
| 4.4.2 Translation of Chinese Four-character Structures with Two Parallel rather thanReduplicate Parts | 第37-40页 |
| 4.4.3 Translation of Chinese Four-character Idioms | 第40-41页 |
| 4.4.4 Translation of Policy-related Chinese Four-character Structures | 第41-42页 |
| 4.4.5 Translation of Chinese Four-character Chain Structures | 第42-47页 |
| CHAPTER V CONCLUSION | 第47-49页 |
| 5.1 Findings in This Research | 第47-48页 |
| 5.2 Limitations of This Research | 第48-49页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第49-52页 |
| APPENDIX | 第52-86页 |
