| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-17页 |
| ·Research background | 第11-15页 |
| ·Research objectives | 第15页 |
| ·Research methodology | 第15-16页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第16-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-26页 |
| ·Areview on the relevance-theoretic approach to translation | 第17-22页 |
| ·Research abroad | 第17-19页 |
| ·Research in China | 第19-22页 |
| ·An overview of studies of the translation of Oliver Twist in China | 第22-26页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework | 第26-32页 |
| ·Translation as ostensive-inferential communication | 第26-28页 |
| ·Translation as a process of modifying context | 第28-29页 |
| ·Translation as a process of searching for optimal relevance | 第29-32页 |
| Chapter 4 Contextual Assumption and Realization of Optimal Relevance in the Two Chinese Versions of Oliver Twist | 第32-54页 |
| ·The role of contextual assumption in the process of translation | 第32-33页 |
| ·Analysis of contextual assumption of the two Chinese versions | 第33-45页 |
| ·Religious belief | 第34-36页 |
| ·Customs and habits | 第36-38页 |
| ·Historical background | 第38-42页 |
| ·Political background | 第42-45页 |
| ·Strategies for supplying the needed contextual assumption | 第45-52页 |
| ·Foreignization plus annotation | 第45-50页 |
| ·Domestication | 第50-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter 5 Informative and Communicative Intentions and Realization of Optimal Relevance in the Two Chinese Versions of Oliver Twist | 第54-73页 |
| ·The role of informative and communicative intentions in the process of translation | 第54-56页 |
| ·Analysis of informative and communicative intentions of the two Chinese versions | 第56-62页 |
| ·Word level | 第56-58页 |
| ·Sentence level | 第58-60页 |
| ·Paragraph level | 第60-62页 |
| ·Strategies for matching informative and communicative intentions | 第62-71页 |
| ·Addition | 第63-66页 |
| ·Reconstruction | 第66-69页 |
| ·Explicitation | 第69-71页 |
| ·Summary | 第71-73页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第73-76页 |
| ·Major findings | 第73-74页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for further studies | 第74-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-80页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间主要科研成果 | 第80-81页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第81页 |
