林语堂作品自译策略研究分析 英语翻译学专业 开题报告

(Title) Research on Lin Yutang’s Self-translationStrategies林语堂作品自译策略研究Thesis Statement： The thesis takes Lin Yutang’s self-translation strategies as the subject matter with the methods of descriptive studies. The results of the thesis suggest that Lin Yutang ingeniously applied two self-translation strategies when self-translating: domestication and foreignization with a tendency for domestication. This tendency accords with his translation views featured by three translation criteria: faithfulness, fluency and beauty. Besides, this inclination also reflects his belief on the essence of translation, i.e. “Translation is an art” and his fervent readers’ awareness.Aims and Significance of the Research:Aims: The purposes of the research are to summarize Lin Yutang’s self-translation strategies and its tendency, by specifically analyzing the translation techniques used in his self-translations, and further examines the factors affecting this inclination.Significance: As a special category in the field of translation, self-translation has not gained enough attention compared with others. Therefore, the thesis concentrating on Lin Yutang’s self-translation strategies enriches and deepens the understanding of self-translation. Meanwhile, it is beneficial to improve our translating abilities by learning from Lin Yutang’s translation thoughts and his extraordinary bilingual competence.Literature Review:Studies on Self-translation in China:In China, researches on self-translation started late, and most of the dissertations concerning this field were published after the year 2000 (Huang Yanqun , 2012). The domestic studies of self-translation so far can be summed up mainly in three categories below: (1) the exploration of concept...