英漢翻譯入門（第二版）

Chapter 1 Introduction
1. Definition of Translation
2. Criteria of Translation
3. Is Translation Easy?
4. Literal Translation vs. Liberal Translation
5. Some Translation Theories in the West
6. Translatability
7. Basic Differences Between English and Chinese
Chapter 2 Disparity Between "Corresponding Words"in English and chinese
1. Semantic Range and Classification
2. Collocational Meaning
3. Colorful Meaning
4. The Innocent-Looking Preposition
5. Personal Names
6. Special Plurals
7. Vogue Words
Chapter 3 Different Ways of Expressing Actions
1. The Verb
2. The Noun
3. The Preposition
4. The Adjective
Chapter 4 Different Perspectives Behind the Language
1. Nomenclature and Focus
2. View of Time and Space
3. Specific and General
4. Passive and Active
5. Negative and Affirmative
6. Objectivity and Subjectivity
Chapter 5 Texture of the Sentence Structure
1. Word Order
2. Disjunctive Modifier
3. Behind the Parallel Structure: the Conjunction And
4. The Conjunction When
5. Repetition Word and Word Repetition
6. Information Condensed in the Attributive Modifier
7. The Relative Clause
8. Rhetorical Comparison
9. Hypotaxis and Parataxis
10. Punctuation
Chapter 6 Pragmatics and Translation
1. Purpose of Communication
2. Communicative Euphemism
3. Addressing Terms
4. Conventional Greetings
5. Stylistic Connotations
Chapter 7 translation as Cross-Cultural Communication
1. Cultural Connotation and Idioms
2. Some Special Terms
3. Culturally Unique Terms
4. Trademarks and Advertisements
5. Allusions
6. Implication of Color Terms
Appendix Ⅰ Key to Exercises
Appendix Ⅱ recommended Books on Translation