| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| ·Motivation of this research | 第10-11页 |
| ·Purpose of this research | 第11页 |
| ·Data and methodology | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature review | 第12-25页 |
| ·Researches on the translation of public signs in China | 第12-14页 |
| ·Improper public sign translations in China | 第14-16页 |
| ·A problem of pinyin | 第14页 |
| ·Chinglish | 第14-15页 |
| ·Inconsistent translations | 第15页 |
| ·Mistranslations | 第15页 |
| ·Grammatical mistakes | 第15-16页 |
| ·Functionalism in China | 第16-17页 |
| ·Overview of functionalism | 第17-24页 |
| ·Background of the theory | 第17-19页 |
| ·Core concepts of functionalist theory | 第19-21页 |
| ·Major contentions of the theory | 第21-22页 |
| ·Enlightenment of the theory on public sign translation | 第22-24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter 3 Characteristics of public signs | 第25-34页 |
| ·General description of public signs | 第25页 |
| ·Definition of public signs | 第25页 |
| ·Types of public signs | 第25-27页 |
| ·Directing public signs | 第25-26页 |
| ·Prompting public signs | 第26页 |
| ·Restrictive public signs | 第26-27页 |
| ·Compelling public signs | 第27页 |
| ·Characteristics of public signs | 第27-33页 |
| ·Characteristics of English public signs | 第28-33页 |
| ·Characteristics of Chinese public signs | 第33页 |
| ·Summary | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter 4 Basic strategies of public sign translation | 第34-46页 |
| ·Basic strategy of public sign translation | 第34页 |
| ·Target language orientation and recreation | 第34-40页 |
| ·Target language orientation and recreation on lexical level | 第35-36页 |
| ·Target language orientation and recreation on syntactic level | 第36-38页 |
| ·Target language orientation and recreation on rhetorical level | 第38-40页 |
| ·Target culture orientation and recreation | 第40-45页 |
| ·Summary | 第45-46页 |
| Chapter 5 Significance of functionalism for public sign translation | 第46-52页 |
| ·Significance of functionalism for public sign translation | 第46页 |
| ·Advancement of functionalism over formal equivalence translation theory for public sign translation | 第46-48页 |
| ·Requirements for translators in the translation of public signs | 第48-51页 |
| ·Summary | 第51-52页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| ·Findings of the study | 第52-54页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第54页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第54-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-60页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第60-61页 |
| Research Paper | 第61页 |
