| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-16页 |
| ·Background of the research | 第12-14页 |
| ·Objective and significance of the research | 第14-16页 |
| ·Research objectives | 第14页 |
| ·Research significance | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第16-24页 |
| ·Studies on metaphor translation in the west | 第16-19页 |
| ·Studies on metaphor translation in China | 第19-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Context and Metaphor | 第24-46页 |
| ·Definition of context | 第24-28页 |
| ·Layers of contexts | 第28-31页 |
| ·Context and new semantic triangle | 第31-38页 |
| ·New semantic triangle | 第31-37页 |
| ·Analysis of new semantic triangle | 第32-33页 |
| ·The reasons for adopting new semantic triangle | 第33-37页 |
| ·Relationship between context and new semantic triangle | 第37-38页 |
| ·Interpretation of metaphor: perspective of new semantic triangle | 第38-46页 |
| ·Metaphor: from a device of rhetoric to a way of cognition | 第38-40页 |
| ·The production of metaphor | 第40-42页 |
| ·The essence and classification of metaphor | 第42-43页 |
| ·The functions of metaphor | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter 4 A Contextual Comparison of Metaphor in English and Chinese | 第46-51页 |
| ·Contextual similarities | 第46-48页 |
| ·Contextual differences | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter 5 Translation of Metaphor | 第51-71页 |
| ·Translatability of metaphor | 第52-53页 |
| ·Understanding of metaphors in contexts | 第53-60页 |
| ·Understanding of metaphors in linguistic contexts | 第53-55页 |
| ·Understanding of metaphors in nonlinguistic contexts | 第55-60页 |
| ·Understanding of metaphors in situational context | 第55-58页 |
| ·Understanding of metaphor in cultural context | 第58-60页 |
| ·Methods for the translation of metaphor | 第60-71页 |
| ·Transplant | 第61-63页 |
| ·Compensation | 第63-64页 |
| ·Replacement | 第64-66页 |
| ·Conversion | 第66-68页 |
| ·Omission | 第68-71页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第71-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-78页 |
| Appendix | 第78页 |
