| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One:Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| ·A General View | 第10-11页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Two:A General Survey of Metaphor | 第14-23页 |
| ·Definitions | 第14-17页 |
| ·The Dictionary Definitions of Metaphor | 第14-16页 |
| ·Other Different Definitions from Different Perspectives | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Development of Theoretical Metaphor Studies | 第17-22页 |
| ·Metaphor Studies in the West | 第17-21页 |
| ·Metaphor Studies in China | 第21-22页 |
| ·Summary | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter Three:An Introduction to Relevance Theory and Its Implication toMetaphor Translation | 第23-35页 |
| ·Relevance Theory | 第23-28页 |
| ·A Survey of Relevance Theory | 第23-24页 |
| ·Relevance and Optional Relevance | 第24-25页 |
| ·Context and Contextual Effect | 第25-26页 |
| ·Ostension and Inference | 第26-27页 |
| ·Descriptive and Interpretive | 第27-28页 |
| ·The Relevant Explanation for Metaphor | 第28-30页 |
| ·Metaphor production | 第28页 |
| ·Metaphor Comprehension | 第28-30页 |
| ·Relevance-Theoretic Approach to Translation | 第30-35页 |
| ·Translation as a Cognitive and Dynamic Activity | 第31页 |
| ·Explicature and Implicature | 第31-32页 |
| ·Direct Translation and Indirect Translation | 第32-33页 |
| ·Some Conclusions Drawn from Gutt's Relevance-Theoretic Approach | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter Four:A Case Study | 第35-49页 |
| ·Relevance-Theoretic Analysis of Metaphor Translation | 第35-38页 |
| ·A Brief Introduction of Bai Juyi and His Two Poems | 第38-40页 |
| ·Translating Figuratively:Metaphor to Metaphor | 第40-45页 |
| ·Retaining the same image | 第40-42页 |
| ·Reproducing the Same Image Plus with Explanation | 第42-43页 |
| ·Replacing the Original Image | 第43-45页 |
| ·Changing Necessarily:Metaphor to Simile | 第45-47页 |
| ·Changing Metaphor to Simile and Retaining the Image | 第45-46页 |
| ·Changing Metaphor to Simile Plus with Explanation | 第46-47页 |
| ·Omitting Properly:Metaphor to Non-metaphor | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Five:Conclusion | 第49-52页 |
| ·Findings and Their Implications | 第49-50页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第50-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-55页 |
| Paper Published | 第55页 |
