| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| Chapter I Literature Review | 第14-19页 |
| ·Major Interpreting Theories in the West | 第14-15页 |
| ·Interpreting Research in China | 第15-16页 |
| ·Present Studies of Relevance Theory in Interpretation | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter II Relevance Theory | 第19-33页 |
| ·Relevance | 第19页 |
| ·Degrees of Relevance | 第19-22页 |
| ·Two Principles of Relevance | 第22-25页 |
| ·The Cognitive Principle of Relevance | 第22-23页 |
| ·Communicative Principle of Relevance | 第23-24页 |
| ·Optimal Relevance | 第24-25页 |
| ·Informative Intention and Communicative Intention | 第25-27页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential Communication | 第27-33页 |
| ·The Coded Model | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Inferential Model | 第29-30页 |
| ·Ostensive-inferential Model | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter III Interpreting Validity | 第33-48页 |
| ·A General Introduction of Interpretation | 第33-36页 |
| ·The Definition of Interpreting | 第33页 |
| ·The Characteristics of Interpreting | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Process of Interpreting | 第34-36页 |
| ·The Classification of Interpreting | 第36页 |
| ·A Relevance Theoretical Account of Interpreting | 第36-41页 |
| ·Approval of Interpretation as a Special Kind of Communication | 第37页 |
| ·Interpretation Process from the Perspective of Relevance Theory | 第37-39页 |
| ·What Is Communicated in Interpretation? | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Criterion of Interpreting | 第41-48页 |
| ·A Relevance Theoretic View on the Criteria of Interpretation | 第43-45页 |
| ·Validity | 第43-44页 |
| ·Fidelity | 第44-45页 |
| ·The Relationship between Validity and Fidelity | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter IV Ways of Improving Interpreting Validity in Light of Relevance Theory | 第48-60页 |
| ·How Is Interpreting Validity Achieved? | 第49-50页 |
| ·Relevance and Selection of Context in Interpretation | 第50-52页 |
| ·Relevance-theoretic Strategies to Improve the Validity of Interpretation | 第52-60页 |
| ·Preparations in Interpretation | 第52-54页 |
| ·Developing Inferential Ability to Find the Communicator’s Intentions | 第54-56页 |
| ·Some Flexible Techniques to Ensure Interpreting Validity | 第56-60页 |
| ·Indirect Interpretation | 第57-58页 |
| ·Direct interpretation | 第58-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-66页 |
