英语专业翻译方向论文开题报告 HowtoDealwithEllipsisinEnglish-ChineseTranslation I.PurposeandSignificance Withthedevelopmentofglobalization,theworldspolitical,economicandculturalmunicationsarebeingincreasinglyfrequent.Therefore,theroleoftranslationcannotbeignored.However,thedifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseculturesthatarereflectedinthetwolanguagesposeconsiderabledifficulty. Itisacknowledgedthatwhendoingtranslationonecannottranslatewordforword,orsentencebysentence.Therefore,wemustusesometranslationstrategiessuchasamplification,ellipsis,conversionandsoon.EllipsisasoneofthebasictranslationmethodsplaysanessentialroleinEnglish-Chineserendition.Translatorsapplyitinordertomaketheirversionsmorecoherentandunderstandable. AccordingtotheOxfordAdvancedLearnersEnglish-ChineseDictionary,ellipsismeansleavingoutawordorwordsfromasentencedeliberately,whenthemeaningcanbeunderstoodwithoutthem.Ellipsisintranslationdoesnotmeancuttingsomecontentfromtheoriginalarticles.Whatcouldbeomittedarewordsthatareuselessintranslatedworksorelsetheywillmaketheversionsndantordisobeythemannerofexpressioninanotherlanguage. SomewordsandphrasesareuselessinChinesebutnecessaryinEnglish.ArticlesinEnglisharethemostsignificantphenomenonfromthisaspect.TheyareveryimportantinEnglish,butwecanhardlyseeanyreflectionofthispartinChinese.Ellipsisisdesignedonthebasisoffaithfulnesstotheoriginaltext,makingitmorefluent,smooth,concise,thusconformingtoidiomaticChinese.ThepaperwillexploreellipsisinEnglish-Chinesetranslationfromfiveaspects,whichareellipsesofpronouns,conjunctions,articles,prepositions,modifications,soastoachievesmootherandclearermunicationsamongChinaandEnglish-speakingcountries. II.LiteratureReview Longbefore,somepeoplebegantolearnothercountrieslanguagestounderstandotherscultures.InChina,XuanzangwasthefirsttranslatorwhonotonlytranslatedtheSanskritsutrasintoChinese,butintroducedthefirstChinesewritingstoforeigncountries,makingforeignersunderstandChinasancientculture.Meanwhile,hewasthefirsttotranslateLaoTsesworksintoSanskrit.IndianscholarshadahighopinionofXuanzang,InChina,thereisnosuchgreattranslator,andalsointhehumanculturalhistory,wecanonlysaythatXuanzangisthefirstgreattranslator.(YeLang,20XX)WecansaythatitwasXuanzangwhomotivatedpeopletoknowthedifferentpartsoftheworld,theirculturesandthepeopleswholivethere.Then,somebigcountriessuchasAmerica,China,andsoonbecameameltingpot.(GuZhengkun,2000)Peoplehaveimperceptiblyspentthousandsofyearsinknowingeachother. WithChinasentryintoWTOanditsopen-uppolicy,cross-culturalexchangesareincreasinglyfrequentbetweenthiscountryandothers.AlotofforeigntouristsetovisitChina.Whiletraveling,theseforeignersarenotsatisfiedwiththetranslationsofthescenicspots.Sometimes,theyevenfeelconfused.Alotofproblemsexistinthetranslation,suchasmisuseofwords,poorexpressionofmeaningandsoon.Allofthesepoortranslationsdoharmtoourcountrysinternationalimage,andcausealotofinconveniencesfortheforeignvisitors.(MaZuyi,2000).Iamfondoftourismandbeingafreetouristliketheotherswhoaregoodatenjoyingtheirwonderfullives.Theloveoftourismmakesmefeeltheneedtoimprovethetranslation.ButeverytimewhenIhaveatrip,manyunsuitabletranslationsofthenamesofthosescenicspotswillembarrassme.Tourismispartofinterculturalmunication,sopropertranslationofthescenicspotsbeemoreandmoreimportanttoourcountry. Communicationplaysasignificantroleintheglobalizedsociety.Inordertoknoweachotherbetter,peoplefromallovertheworldhavetriedaverityofways.Ofcourse,translationisoneofthem.Alltranslatorshavedoheirbesttomakethetranslatedworksmoreconsistentwiththeneedsofpeople.(GuJinming,1997)Frommyperspective,theyreallyhavedoneagreatjob.AndIwanttoretrospectthecauseoftheirdevelopment.Afterathoroughevaluation,IchooseabranchoftranslationellipsisintranslationfromEnglishtoChinese,thenIdidthefollowingjobs. Iputallmyresearchesandotherstuffstogether,andthenIfoundthatitisamoncaseinEnglishandChinesewhichdrawsmuchacademicinterest.In1976,HallidayandHsanclassifiedellipsisintonominal,verbalandclausalellipsis.Thisclassificationexertsgreatinfluenceinacademiccircle.Thereafter,ellipsisinChineseandEnglishhasbeenstudiedaccordingtothistheory,whichisbasedondifferentlayersofstructure.ThiskindofstudyunderlinesdifferentiationsandsimilaritiesofellipsisinChineseandEnglish.