| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Lists of Tables and Figures | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Research background | 第12-13页 |
| ·Objectives of the Study | 第13-14页 |
| ·Data collection and research methods | 第14-15页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第15-16页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第16-24页 |
| ·Previous studies of the translation principles of public signs | 第16-21页 |
| ·Foreign studies of the translation principles of public signs | 第16页 |
| ·Domestic studies of the translation principles of public signs | 第16-21页 |
| ·The limitations in previous researches | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework | 第24-32页 |
| ·Language as a process of choice-making | 第25-26页 |
| ·Three properties of language:variability, negotiability and adaptability | 第26-27页 |
| ·Four angles of investigation in Adaptation Theory | 第27-32页 |
| ·Contextual correlates of adaptability | 第28-29页 |
| ·Structural objects of adaptability | 第29-30页 |
| ·Dynamics of adaptability | 第30页 |
| ·Salience of the adaptation processes | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Four Translation in the View of Adaptation Theory | 第32-36页 |
| ·Translation as a process of choice-making | 第32-33页 |
| ·Adaptation in translation | 第33-34页 |
| ·Adaptation Theory and its relevance to translation of public signs | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Five Translation Principles of Public Signs under Adaptation Theory | 第36-53页 |
| ·Principle of contextual adaptation | 第36-41页 |
| ·Temporal and spatial references in the public sign translation | 第36-38页 |
| ·Analysis from the mental world | 第38-39页 |
| ·Analysis from the utterer and interpreter | 第39-41页 |
| ·Principle of structural adaptation | 第41-48页 |
| ·Language | 第42-43页 |
| ·Code | 第43-44页 |
| ·Style | 第44-47页 |
| ·Phrase and sentence structure | 第47-48页 |
| ·Principle of dynamic adaptation | 第48-50页 |
| ·Temporal dimension | 第48-49页 |
| ·Dynamics and context | 第49页 |
| ·Dynamics and structure | 第49-50页 |
| ·Principle of salient adaptation | 第50-53页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第53-57页 |
| ·Findings of the research | 第53-54页 |
| ·Implications of the study | 第54-55页 |
| ·Limitations of the study and suggestions for future research | 第55-57页 |
| References | 第57-60页 |
| Publications | 第60页 |
