| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·General background of the research | 第9页 |
| ·The purpose of the research | 第9-10页 |
| ·The current situation of the public sign translation | 第10-13页 |
| ·The theoretical guidance for the public sign translation | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Brief introduction of public sign | 第14-20页 |
| ·The definition of public sign | 第14页 |
| ·The classification of public sign | 第14-15页 |
| ·The language features of public sign | 第15-18页 |
| ·Conciseness | 第16-17页 |
| ·The mixture of pictures and language | 第17页 |
| ·Conventionality | 第17-18页 |
| ·The four basic functions of public sign | 第18-20页 |
| ·Directing | 第18页 |
| ·Prompting | 第18页 |
| ·Restricting | 第18-19页 |
| ·Forbiding | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter 3 Literature review | 第20-28页 |
| ·A brief introduction of Peter Newmark’s theory | 第20-22页 |
| ·The main idea of Communicative Translation and Semantic Translation | 第21页 |
| ·The differences and similarities between Communicative Translation and Semantic Translation | 第21-22页 |
| ·Three factors of Peter Newmark’s translation theory and their application in C-E translation of public sign | 第22-28页 |
| ·Type of text and its application in C-E translation of public sign | 第22-25页 |
| ·Nature of the readership and its application in C-E translation of public sign | 第25-26页 |
| ·The purpose of translation and its application in C-E translation of public sign | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 4 Error analysis | 第28-37页 |
| ·Errors in C-E translation of public sign | 第28-35页 |
| ·Errors on the linguistic level | 第28-32页 |
| ·Errors on the cultural level | 第32-35页 |
| ·Causes of the errors | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 5 Discussion | 第37-44页 |
| ·Suggestions from linguistic aspect | 第37-38页 |
| ·Suggestions from cultural aspect | 第38-41页 |
| ·The principle of consistency | 第38-39页 |
| ·The principe of faithfulness | 第39-40页 |
| ·The principle of maximum | 第40页 |
| ·The principle of effectiveness | 第40-41页 |
| ·Suggestions from managerial aspect | 第41-44页 |
| ·The establishment of a supervision mechanism | 第41-42页 |
| ·The establishment of special organizations and websites | 第42-44页 |
| Chapter 6 Major findings | 第44-47页 |
| Summary of the research | 第44-45页 |
| Findings of the research | 第45-46页 |
| Limitations and suggestions | 第46-47页 |
| Bibliography | 第47-49页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第49页 |
