| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-10页 |
| 1． Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| 2． Image in Figures of Comparison in Both English and Chinese | 第12-24页 |
| 2．1 Definition of figures of comparison | 第12-15页 |
| 2．2 Characteristics of the image in figures of comparison in both English and Chinese | 第15-19页 |
| 2．2．1 Similar association aroused by the same image | 第15-17页 |
| 2．2．2 Different association aroused by the same image | 第17-19页 |
| 2．3 The factors affecting pragmatic meaning of images in English and Chinese figures of comparison | 第19-22页 |
| 2．4 Comparison of the image between English and Chinese | 第22-24页 |
| 3． A Brief Introduction to Sociosemiotic Approach to Translation | 第24-30页 |
| 3．1 Semiotics, sociosemiotics and sociosemiotic approach to translation | 第24-27页 |
| 3．1．1 Semiotics | 第24-26页 |
| 3．1．1．1 Iconic, indexical and conventional signs | 第25-26页 |
| 3．1．1．2 Semantic, syntactic and pragmatic dimensions | 第26页 |
| 3．1．2 Sociosemiotics | 第26-27页 |
| 3．1．3 Sociosemiotic approach to translation | 第27页 |
| 3．2 The basic concepts in sociosemiotic approach to translation | 第27-28页 |
| 3．3 The advantages of sociosemiotic approach to translation | 第28-30页 |
| 4． Eugene A． Nida's Functional Equivalence | 第30-31页 |
| 5． Image shift in translating figures of comparison | 第31-51页 |
| 5．1 Interpretation of the image in figures of comparison | 第31-32页 |
| 5．2 Mode of image shift | 第32-45页 |
| 5．2．1 Reproducing the same image in the TL | 第32-37页 |
| 5．2．1．1 Reproducing the same image in the TL | 第32-35页 |
| 5．2．1．2 Reproducing the same image plus paraphrase | 第35-37页 |
| 5．2．2 Replacing the image in the TL with a familiar TL image | 第37-42页 |
| 5．2．3 Deleting the image | 第42-45页 |
| 5．3 Image shift and context | 第45-48页 |
| 5．4 Traps in image shift | 第48-51页 |
| 6． Conclusion | 第51-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52页 |
