| 内容提要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Synopsis | 第10-14页 |
| Introduction | 第14-19页 |
| 0．1 Relationships between Language, Culture and Translation | 第14-15页 |
| 0．2 The Scope of the Thesis | 第15-19页 |
| Chapter One: Causes of the Limit of Cultural Translatability | 第19-36页 |
| 1．1 On Translatability | 第19-21页 |
| 1．2 Causes of Loss in Cultural Translation | 第21-33页 |
| 1．2．1 Inevitable Difficulties in Translation | 第21-23页 |
| 1．2．2 Complexities of Meaning in Cultural Translation | 第23-31页 |
| 1．2．2．1 Denotation and Connotation | 第24-25页 |
| 1．2．2．2 Non-equivalence Related to Two Language Cultures | 第25-30页 |
| 1．2．2．3 Cultural Default of Original Texts in Translation | 第30-31页 |
| 1．2．3 Factors Related to Translator | 第31-33页 |
| 1．2．4 Different Modes of Thinking Between Two Language Cultures | 第33页 |
| 1．3 Inevitable Loss in Cultural Translation | 第33-36页 |
| Chapter Two: Discussion on Some Cultural Translation Practices | 第36-52页 |
| 2．1 Translation of Animal Words | 第36-39页 |
| 2．2 Translation of Euphemisms | 第39-42页 |
| 2．3 Religions and Translation | 第42-44页 |
| 2．4 Translation of Poetry | 第44-52页 |
| Chapter Three: Revelations From Some Translation Theories | 第52-62页 |
| 3．1 The importance of Translation Theory | 第52页 |
| 3．2 Revelations From Some Translation Theories | 第52-62页 |
| 3．2．1 Faithfulness in Translation | 第52-54页 |
| 3．2．2 Nida's Functional Equivalence | 第54-57页 |
| 3．2．3 Semiotics and Translation | 第57-62页 |
| Chapter Four: Cultural Compensation in Translation | 第62-75页 |
| 4．1 Requirements for Translator | 第62页 |
| 4．2 Methods Suggested for Compensating the Loss in Cultural Translation | 第62-68页 |
| 4．2．1 Substitution | 第63-65页 |
| 4．2．2 Paraphrasing | 第65页 |
| 4．2．3 Imitation with a note | 第65-66页 |
| 4．2．4 Addition | 第66-67页 |
| 4．2．5 Recreation | 第67-68页 |
| 4．3 General Considerations in Cultural Compensation | 第68-75页 |
| 4．3．1 Time | 第69-70页 |
| 4．3．2 Readers of the Target Text | 第70-72页 |
| 4．3．3 Information | 第72-75页 |
| Conclusion | 第75-78页 |
| Bibliography | 第78-80页 |
