| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| ·General description of the study | 第8页 |
| ·Rationale and objectives of the research | 第8-9页 |
| ·The layout of the paper | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-24页 |
| ·A brief introduction to pun | 第12-15页 |
| ·Definitions and classification | 第12-13页 |
| ·Functions of puns | 第13-15页 |
| ·Translation of puns and difficulties in pun translation | 第15-19页 |
| ·Translation of puns | 第15-16页 |
| ·Difficulties in pun translation | 第16-19页 |
| ·Former researches on pun translation | 第19-22页 |
| ·Li Guonan’s theory about various methods of creating puns | 第19-20页 |
| ·Delabastita’s theory about different methods of translating puns | 第20页 |
| ·Peter Newmark’s theory | 第20-21页 |
| ·Other researches | 第21页 |
| ·Recent studies | 第21-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretic Framework | 第24-38页 |
| ·Verschueren’s Theory of Adaptation | 第24-28页 |
| ·The rationale of the theory | 第24页 |
| ·An Introduction to the theory | 第24-25页 |
| ·The three properties of language | 第25-26页 |
| ·Four angles of investigation in Adaptability Theory | 第26-28页 |
| ·Application of Adaptation Theory in translation | 第28-35页 |
| ·Adaptability of contextual correlates in translation | 第28-31页 |
| ·Adaptability of structural objects of in translation | 第31-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-38页 |
| Chapter Four Application of Adaptation Theory in Pun Translation | 第38-62页 |
| ·Contextual adaptation in pun translation | 第38-49页 |
| ·Adaptation to the mental world | 第38-42页 |
| ·Adaptation to the social world | 第42-49页 |
| ·Structural adaptation in pun translation | 第49-58页 |
| ·Structural adaptation at the stylistic level | 第49-52页 |
| ·Structural adaptation at the phonetic level | 第52-54页 |
| ·Structural adaptation at diction and lexical level | 第54-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-62页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第62-64页 |
| ·Summary of the study | 第62-63页 |
| ·Major findings and limitations of present research | 第63页 |
| ·Implications and suggestions for future research | 第63-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-69页 |
| 研究成果 | 第69-70页 |
