| Abstract (Chinese) | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| 1. Background of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| 2. Research Methodology of the Study | 第10页 |
| 3. Significance of the Study | 第10-11页 |
| 4. Organization of the Thesis | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第13-25页 |
| 1.1 Hedges | 第13-20页 |
| 1.1.1 Definition of Hedges | 第15-17页 |
| 1.1.2 Classification of Hedges | 第17-20页 |
| 1.1.2.1 Grammartical Classification of Hedges | 第17-18页 |
| 1.1.2.2 Semantic Classification of Hedges | 第18-19页 |
| 1.1.2.2 Pragmatic Classification of Hedges | 第19-20页 |
| 1.2 Hedges in Diplomatic Language | 第20-25页 |
| 1.2.1 Definition of Diplomatic Language | 第20-21页 |
| 1.2.2 Features of Dipomatic Language | 第21-23页 |
| 1.2.3 Previous Studies on Hedges in Diplomatic Language | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Two Diplomatic Heges Translation in Light of Text Typogy | 第25-34页 |
| 2.1 Reiss's Text Typology | 第25-30页 |
| 2.1.1 Text Type | 第26-28页 |
| 2.1.1.1 The Content-focused Text | 第26-27页 |
| 2.1.1.2 The Form-focused Text | 第27页 |
| 2.1.1.3 The Appeal-focused Text | 第27-28页 |
| 2.1.2 Text Type Determining Translation Strategies | 第28-30页 |
| 2.2 The Implications of Reiss's Theory to Diplomatic Text | 第30-32页 |
| 2.2.1 Rationality of Applying Reiss's Text Typology in Translation of Hedges in Diplomatic Language | 第30页 |
| 2.2.2 The Text-type of Dipomatic Text | 第30-32页 |
| 2.3 Criteria for Diplomatic Text Translation | 第32-34页 |
| 2.3.1 Fidelity | 第32-33页 |
| 2.3.2 Naturalness | 第33-34页 |
| Chapter Three Research Design | 第34-38页 |
| 3.1 Data Collection | 第34-35页 |
| 3.2 Corpus Establishment | 第35-36页 |
| 3.3 The Extraction of Hedges in the Corpus | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Four Results Discussion | 第38-59页 |
| 4.1 Statistical Results | 第38-41页 |
| 4.1.1 Frequency and Distribution of Hedges | 第38-39页 |
| 4.1.2 Distribution of the Most Frequent Hudges | 第39-41页 |
| 4.2 Manifestation of Hedges in the Diplomatic Language | 第41-48页 |
| 4.2.1 Adaptors as Hedging Devices | 第41-43页 |
| 4.2.2 Rounders as Hedging Devices | 第43-45页 |
| 4.2.3 Plausibility Shields as Hedging Devices | 第45-46页 |
| 4.2.4 Attribution Shields as Hedging Devices | 第46-48页 |
| 4.3 An Analysis of Deviation in Hedges in the Translation from the Original | 第48-59页 |
| 4.3.1 Amplification | 第49-53页 |
| 4.3.2 Omission | 第53-55页 |
| 4.3.3 Replacement | 第55-59页 |
| Conclusion | 第59-62页 |
| 1. Major Findings | 第59-61页 |
| 2. Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Further Study | 第61-62页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第62-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-66页 |
| Appendix | 第66页 |
