| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Background of this Study | 第9页 |
| ·Significance of this Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Purpose of this Study | 第10页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第10-11页 |
| ·Layout of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review and Theoretical Framework | 第12-30页 |
| ·Definition and Scope of Idioms | 第12-13页 |
| ·Overview of Theories on Translation Compensation | 第13-30页 |
| ·Defining Translation Compensation | 第13-15页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Translation Compensation | 第15-26页 |
| ·Principles of Compensation | 第26-28页 |
| ·Classification of Compensation | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter 3 Methodology | 第30-32页 |
| ·A Self-built Parallel Corpus | 第30页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第30-31页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Discussion | 第32-57页 |
| ·Compensation at the Linguistic Level | 第32-51页 |
| ·Compensation at the Lexical Level | 第32-44页 |
| ·Compensation at the Discourse Level | 第44-51页 |
| ·Compensation at the Aesthetic Level | 第51-57页 |
| ·Compensation for Sound | 第52-54页 |
| ·Compensation for Structure | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第57-61页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第57-59页 |
| ·The Linguistic Level | 第57-58页 |
| ·The Aesthetic Level | 第58-59页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第59页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第59-61页 |
| References | 第61-64页 |
| Appendix 1 Contents of Piety Scripture | 第64-65页 |
| Appendix 2 Code of the FoxPro Program that Aligns the CSHZ Corpus at the Paragraph Level | 第65-66页 |
| Appendix 3 Idioms Receiving Compensation at the Linguistic level | 第66-89页 |
| Appendix 4 Idioms Receiving Compensation at the Aesthetic Level | 第89-90页 |
| Appendix 5 Idioms Receiving Compensation at both the Linguistic and Aesthetic Levels | 第90-92页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第92-93页 |
| Resume | 第93页 |
