| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·The background of the study | 第9-11页 |
| ·The purpose of the study | 第11页 |
| ·The significance of the study | 第11-12页 |
| ·The structure of the study | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature review of language testing | 第14-30页 |
| ·The testing of language for general purposes | 第14-22页 |
| ·Pre-scientific phase | 第14-15页 |
| ·Psychometric-structuralist phase | 第15-16页 |
| ·Psycholinguistic-sociolinguistic phase | 第16-17页 |
| ·Communicative language testing phase | 第17-22页 |
| ·The testing of language for specific purposes | 第22-29页 |
| ·The nature of LSP testing | 第22-24页 |
| ·The status-quo of LSP tests | 第24-25页 |
| ·The development of LSP testing | 第25-28页 |
| ·The evaluation of LSP testing | 第28-29页 |
| ·Summary | 第29-30页 |
| Chapter 3 A comparative analysis on three public translation tests | 第30-41页 |
| ·Describing the translation tests | 第30-36页 |
| ·The China Accreditation Test for Translators | 第31-33页 |
| ·The National Accreditation Examination for Translators | 第33-34页 |
| ·The English Translation Test of Business Language | 第34-36页 |
| ·Comparing the translation tests | 第36-39页 |
| ·Test purposes and types | 第36页 |
| ·Characteristics of the test takers | 第36-37页 |
| ·Competences measured | 第37-38页 |
| ·Test tasks | 第38-39页 |
| ·Rating scales | 第39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-41页 |
| Chapter 4 Business English translation competence | 第41-54页 |
| ·Research on translation competence | 第41-46页 |
| ·Foreign studies on translation competence | 第42-44页 |
| ·Domestic studies on translation competence | 第44-46页 |
| ·Business English translation | 第46-49页 |
| ·Business English and its characteristics | 第46-49页 |
| ·Business English translation | 第49页 |
| ·The construct of business English translation competence | 第49-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-54页 |
| Chapter 5 Theory and practice for the construction of the test of business English translation | 第54-70页 |
| ·Test content and method | 第54-64页 |
| ·Needs analysis on TLU domains and tasks of business English translation | 第54-59页 |
| ·From TLU tasks to test tasks | 第59-61页 |
| ·Test method | 第61-64页 |
| ·Scoring method | 第64-65页 |
| ·Developing specifications for the test of business English translation | 第65-69页 |
| ·Purpose and type of the test | 第66-67页 |
| ·Characteristics of test takers | 第67-68页 |
| ·Construct of test tasks | 第68页 |
| ·Test tasks | 第68-69页 |
| ·Scoring scale | 第69页 |
| ·Summary | 第69-70页 |
| Chapter 6 Validation | 第70-78页 |
| ·Definition of validity | 第70-71页 |
| ·Major types of validity and logical evaluation | 第71-77页 |
| ·Content validity | 第71-73页 |
| ·Concurrent validity | 第73-74页 |
| ·Construct validity | 第74-77页 |
| ·Summary | 第77-78页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第78-81页 |
| ·Major findings | 第78-79页 |
| ·Limitations of the study | 第79-81页 |
| Appendices | 第81-90页 |
| Bibliography | 第90-93页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第93页 |
