| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第11-22页 |
| ·The origins of the history of translation theory in the West | 第12-15页 |
| ·The concepts of "periodization", "categorization and classification", "translation classification", and "translation studies" adopted in the thesis | 第15-18页 |
| ·"Periodization" | 第15-16页 |
| ·"Categorization" and "classification" | 第16-18页 |
| ·"Translation classification" | 第18页 |
| ·"Translation studies" | 第18页 |
| ·Methodology of the thesis: historical periodization and categorization | 第18-20页 |
| ·Research scope, significance and the basic structure of the thesis | 第20-22页 |
| CHAPTER TWO PREVIOUS STUDIES ON THE PERIODIZATION OF THE HISTORY OFTRANSLATION THEORY IN THE WEST | 第22-31页 |
| ·Peter Newmark's periodization on the basis of the application of modern linguistics in the study of translation | 第24-25页 |
| ·George Steiner's division of the history of Western translation theory and practice into four periods | 第25-26页 |
| ·Pan Wenguo's periodization from the perspective of establishing translation studies as an independent academic discipline | 第26-28页 |
| ·Other historical periodizations of the history of translation theory or translation theory and practice in the West | 第28-29页 |
| ·Merits and demerits of the above periodizations | 第29-31页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THE HISTORY OF WESTERN TRANSLATION THEORY:PERIODIZATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TRANSLATION CLASSIFICATION | 第31-54页 |
| ·Different translation classifications in Western translation history | 第31-36页 |
| ·The history of Western translation theory:periodization from the perspective of translation classification | 第36-54页 |
| ·The initial stage of shaping-up (from Cicero to Dryden) | 第37-40页 |
| ·The second stage of adolescence (from the early eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century) | 第40-45页 |
| ·The third stage of florescence (from the late 1950s to the late 1970s) | 第45-50页 |
| ·The fourth stage of maturity (from 1972 up to the present) | 第50-54页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR CONCLUSION | 第54-56页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第56-60页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第60页 |
