英语专业翻译论文开题报告范文(实用4篇)

英语专业翻译论文开题报告范文 第1篇

How to Deal with Ellipsis in English-Chinese Translation

I. Purpose and Significance

With the development of globalization, the world’s political, economic and cultural communications are becoming increasingly frequent. Therefore, the role of translation cannot be ignored. However, the differences between English and Chinese cultures that are reflected in the two languages pose considerable difficulty.

It is acknowledged that when doing translation one can not translate word for word, or sentence by sentence. Therefore, we must use some translation strategies such as amplification, ellipsis, conversion and so on. Ellipsis as one of the basic translation methods plays an essential role in English-Chinese rendition. Translators apply it in order to make their versions more coherent and understandable.

According to the Oxford Advanced Learner’s English-Chinese Dictionary, ellipsis means leaving out a word or words from a sentence deliberately, when the meaning can be understood without them. Ellipsis in translation does not mean cutting some content from the original articles. What could be omitted are words that are useless in translated works or else they will make the versions redundant or disobey the manner of expression in another language.

Some words and phrases are useless in Chinese but necessary in English. Articles in English are the most significant phenomenon from this aspect. They are very important in English, but we can hardly see any reflection of this part in Chinese. Ellipsis is designed on the basis of faithfulness to the original text, making it more fluent, smooth, concise, thus conforming to idiomatic Chinese. The paper will explore ellipsis in English-Chinese translation from five aspects, which are ellipses of pronouns, conjunctions, articles, prepositions, modifications, so as to achieve smoother and clearer communications among China and English-speaking countries.

II. Literature Review

Long before, some people began to learn other countries’ languages to understand others cultures. In China, Xuanzang was the first translator who not only translated the Sanskrit sutras into Chinese, but introduced the first Chinese writings to foreign countries, making foreigners understand China’s ancient culture. Meanwhile, he was the first to translate Lao Tse's works into Sanskrit. Indian scholars had a high opinion of Xuanzang, _In China, there is no such great translator, and also in the human cultural history, we can only say that Xuanzang is the first great translator._(Ye Lang, 2008) We can say that it was Xuanzang who motivated people to know the different parts of the world, their cultures and the peoples who live there. Then, some big countries such as America, China, and so on became a melting pot.(Gu Zhengkun, 2000) People have imperceptibly spent thousands of years in knowing each other.

With China’s entry into WTO and its open-up policy, cross-cultural exchanges are increasingly frequent between this country and others. A lot of foreign tourists come to visit China. While traveling, these foreigners are not satisfied with the translations of the scenic spots. Sometimes, they even feel confused. A lot of problems exist in the translation, such as misuse of words, poor expression of meaning and so on. All of these poor translations do harm to our country’s international image, and cause a lot of inconveniences for the foreign visitors. (Ma Zuyi, 2000). I am fond of tourism and being a free tourist like the others who are good at enjoying their wonderful lives. The love of tourism makes me feel the need to improve the translation. But every time when I have a trip, many unsuitable translations of the names of those scenic spots will embarrass me. Tourism is part of intercultural communication, so proper translation of the scenic spots become more and more important to our country.

Communication plays a significant role in the globalized society. In order to know each other better, people from all over the world have tried a verity of ways. Of course, translation is one of them. All translators have done their best to make the translated works more consistent with the needs of people.(Gu Jinming, 1997) From my perspective, they really have done a great job. And I want to retrospect the cause of their development. After a thorough evaluation, I choose a branch of translation―ellipsis in translation from English to Chinese, then I did the following jobs.

I put all my researches and other stuffs together, and then I found that it is a common case in English and Chinese which draws much academic interest. In 1976, Halliday and Hsan classified ellipsis into nominal, verbal and clausal ellipsis. This classification exerts great influence in academic circle. Thereafter, ellipsis in Chinese and English has been studied according to this theory, which is based on different layers of structure. This kind of study underlines differentiations and similarities of ellipsis in Chinese and English.

Another famous theory to explain ellipsis is Economy Principle. Economy Principle was put forward by Chomsky (1991,1993, and 1995) in his Generate Crammer. It maintains that language and linguistic study follow Economy Principle, which means using the least effort to express the most information. This principle just coincides with ellipsis in function.

In this thesis, I think that brevity is the most obvious and common function of ellipsis, especially in daily language. And in both English and Chinese, people advocate brevity. Shakespeare once remarked, “brevity is the soul of wit”, and in Chinese there are numerous idioms like “yan jian yi gai” (meaning compendious). However, apart from the function of brevity, ellipsis embodies other functions which are also pretty common in the two languages but less noticed.(Hua Xianfa,2002)These functions distribute in both English and Chinese unevenly and represent great colorfulness of language. Exploring other functions of ellipsis and searching for functional recreation in translation will be of much benefit to both English to Chinese and Chinese to English translation.

I found that when Chinese authors try to analyse ellipsis in English to Chinese translation, they always initially put articles in the list. They consider that it is a common phenomenon that Chinese always leave out personal articles. While it is obviously different in English that almost every sentence has a subject, we can see articles fluently. That is because when we translate from English to Chinese, personal articles can be omitted, even though sometimes it may appear once, it can also be omitted if necessary. Furthermore, if the objects can be seen obviously, personal articles should also be omitted. However, it never happens in English. From this point, it is not only allowable but also necessary when we translate personal articles which are objects in sentences into Chinese.

In my point of view, the development of society has in some way has deliberately promoted the way of people’s thinking, translation system has become more and more perfect, people from all over the world have enjoyed the convenience. However, we can not neglect that there are still some problems in this field in China, and we have less influential Chinese translators in the world. Therefore, we still have a long way to go in translation.

III. Feasibility Analysis

英语专业翻译论文开题报告范文 第2篇

1、选题意义和背景。

选题背景：

（一）对当前英语学习现象的考问

（二）理论学习的熏陶

选题意义：

理论意义

本研究从现象学的角度定义“学习状态”,学习状态是一种意识，这种状态是整体的、自上而下。学生在学习英语的过程中是不断的发展变化的，他们的语言意识品质是逐渐地养成。每一阶段的教育都要有意识的形成，而每一个意识的形成都需要有可以接纳它的内在前提。中学生在中学六年的英语学习过程中，每一个阶段都为下一个阶段的学习提供内在前提，这就是我们所说的中学生的英语学习状态的变化。通过对此的研究，我们能够明确教师的“教”就是使得学生逐步地形成他们的英语语言意识品质，养成其英语素养。这样的一种理论理解，带有根本性的变革的意义。

教育归根到底是“一种意识品质的养成”,意识是最原初的形态，它是人的觉察状态，蕴含着“知、情、意、行”最初始的合而未分的胚芽。一旦教育使学生具有了某种意识，它就会像种子拥有的生命基因那样作用于学生的心灵，在一个个与之相合的具体情境之中一次次地生根发芽，舒枝展叶，它外显于人的形状、姿态就是素养的体现，就是意识品质养成的结果。

由此可见，英语课堂不再是英语知识的传递而是英语语言意识品质的养成。英语课堂不是单。纯的听说读写技能的训练，而是英语素养的养成。这种理论依据的寻找在方法论上也是一种新的探索，它不仅丰富了英语教育的研究，而月为中学英语教学设计提供了经过论证的建议，同时也为现存的教育实践活动提供理论借鉴与支撑。

实践意义

首先，本研究笔者致力于寻求英语教学的理论依据，从分析学生的语言学习状态入手，明确中学英语教学的基点。然后再分析语言是什么，明确英语作为一门语言的意义和作为一门中学课程的意义，形成对中学英语教学内涵实质的理解。

中学英语教师的“教”就是使得学生养成他们的英语素养：语言意识品质。这一理解不仅丰富了当前的英语教育理论和英语教学研究，同时也能够为教育实践者提供理论借鉴。

其次，本研究通过对中学生入学初的英语学习状态和高三毕业时的学习状态的把握形成对中学英语教学的理解。教师要做到就是在六年的教学中，让学生从最开始的状态达到高三毕业时应有的状态，这也就明确了中学英语教学就是要形成学生的英语语言素养。在此基础上，呈现的课例体现着学生从最初拥有的英语学习状态到高三毕业时的英语学习状态的自然的、整体的过渡。这些能够为中学英语教与学提供更有效的具有借鉴意义的具体措施。

并且本研究对我自身的教育理论和实践也具有较强的训练意义，对以后投入中学英语教育有很大的实践和理论指导意义，让我能够自信、有理、有据地从事中学英语教学。

再次，英语教师专业发展需要有一个根本的追求，本文的研究能够为其提供一个明确的解答：英语课堂不是英语知识的传递而是英语语言意识品质的养成。这样的一种理解，可以使得我们英语教师在日常的教学实践中不至于陷入“语言工具论之争一”和“题海战术”之中。

对英语教的依据的明确，使得教师的教学是直接拿着英语本身去感染学生，学生拥有的是英语语言本身，而不是单词的累积、语法的机械记忆等等。学生养成的是英语素养，而不是解英语题的技巧或是听说读写的技能。

作为英语教师，我们可以在中学六年的日常教学实践中实现学生英语语言意识品质的养成。让学生真正学懂英语，让英语学习不再成为一种负担，让英语本身的语言力量去感染他们。并且使得他们对使用英语这门语言来理解和表达所思所想充满热切的愿望，对英语及其蕴含的文化充满着新奇。这也是作为一名英语教师应该努力的方向，也是实现教师专业化发展的重要表现。

2、论文综述/研究基础。

（一）关于“学习状态”的研究在对学生学习状态的相关文献进行分析梳理时，笔者发现国内外的关于学习状态的研究主要是从心理学的角度展开的。国外在这一方面的研究，在提到learning state时，更多的指的是远程学习中的学习状态，与国内所指的学生课堂或者学习过程中的学习状态是迥然不同的。在查阅到的相关文献中，学习状态多指的是在课堂或是课堂之外的学习过程中的学习状态。

英语专业翻译论文开题报告范文 第3篇

1. Our university and school of foreign languages have provided the basic study and research conditions and facilities, including books and journals in the library and reading rooms.

2. The Internet is another source of information and on the campus we have easy access to the Internet.

3. I have been assigned an instructor to guide me through the whole process of planning and writing.

英语专业翻译论文开题报告范文 第4篇

题目：呼啸山庄中希斯克利夫性格的双重性的分析

一、选题的目的、意义(理论、现实)和国内外研究概况

1.目的和意义：《呼啸山庄》是十九世纪英国女作家艾米莉·勃朗特生平创作的唯一一部小说。小说的故事情节主要是围绕希斯克厉夫和凯瑟琳的爱情展开的，希斯克厉夫的“爱一恨一复仇一人性复归”既是小说的精髓，又是贯穿作品始终的线索。评论家们对这部经典文学作品历来意见纷纭，尤其是对小说中的男主人公希斯克厉夫的讨论。评论家们对小说中希斯克利夫的性格从不同的方面进行了分析。全面而深入地分析希斯克厉夫这一人物对我们更好地研究小说起至关重要的作用。

小说中最精彩的部分就是希斯克厉夫与凯瑟琳之间的爱情故事，他们之间的爱情已远远超出了一般意义上的爱情，可以说是一种超人间的爱。但也就是这种爱情的产生和发展成了主人公西斯科历夫的性格中双重性形成的一个关键原因。本课题从西斯科历夫的被虐与自虐，懦弱与勇敢来分析主人公的性格成因，从而促使读者更好的理解艾米丽的呼啸山庄

2.国内外研究概况：国内外许多的专家学者都对呼啸山庄中希斯克利夫的性格进行了分析。许多的专家学者从不同的角度分析了希斯克利夫的性格的双重性形成的原因进行分析，有的从社会背景原因进行了分析。有些学者认为他的性格是扭曲而自虐的，而有的学者则认为他是爱情中的英雄，敢爱敢恨。

许多的'学者对希斯克利夫性格的成因进行了分析如闫红梅，张润翻译的艾米莉·勃朗特.呼啸山庄中说到因为欣德利“那样对待希斯克利夫，圣徒也会被他变成恶魔的” 。刘风辉也在《复杂的双面人》中说道希斯克利夫特殊的性格完全是他周围的环境所造成的。毋庸置疑，金钱主宰一切是当时社会的标准，贫穷是可耻的。无论是否因你的过错而导致的贫穷，无论是否你有努力的过程，只要你现在仍是衣衫褴褛，你就注定遭受耻辱。贫穷带来的无穷无尽的耻辱生活就像一把刻刀，不断雕刻、改变着希斯克利夫的性格。而陈一萍在《希斯克利夫是浪漫主义英雄还是恶魔》中认为上帝是有报复性的，人类不会比他做得更好，希斯克利夫他不能超脱于人性，他也会为他所受到的伤害进行报复。因此，从多角度出发，综合多种角度对希斯克利夫的性格分析有着重大的意义。

二、本课题的理论依据、研究内容和研究方法、步骤及进度安排

1.研究内容：本课题对呼啸山庄中希斯克利夫的性格的双重性的形成进行分析，分析希斯克利夫性格中自虐与被虐的原因，在爱情中勇敢与懦弱的双重性性格成因。

首先会分析希斯克利夫在幼年时作为一个正常人得性格特征。

【幼年时的被虐】

其次分析长大后的希斯克利夫在复仇中所表现出来的冷酷与扭曲的性格。

【希斯克利夫的自虐】

再次：从希斯克利夫复仇后的性格分析，在他双重性的性格下是人性的扭曲。最后通过对希斯克利夫的性格的分析，可以得到人性的回归。

2.研究方法：查阅法：通过对相关文献进行查阅，从多种角度了解西斯科利福性格的成因。

分析法：通过对艾米丽笔下的西斯科历夫的性格分析，分析他性格双重性形成的原因。

比较法：通过西斯科厉夫的被虐与自虐，勇敢与懦弱进行对比。

3.步骤：选题——开题——初稿——完善——截稿

4.进度安排：

11月提交开题报告

12月完成初稿

4月完成论文写作

三、本课题的重点、难点，预期结果和成果形式

1.本课题的重点、难点：本文将从西斯科历夫的被虐与自虐，勇敢与懦弱进行分析，从他最开始的正常性格到后来的性和扭曲的变化分析他性格中双重性的形成原因。以及他性格中的勇敢与懦弱也注定了他性格的扭曲。分析中凯瑟琳是一个影响西斯科厉夫的重要人物，而他们的爱情则是他性格双重性形成的至关重要的原因。最后，不论西斯科历夫的性格怎样扭曲，始终抵不过人性，从他最后的结局我们看到了人性的回归。

2.预期结果：能够做到分析定位，表达清楚，提高对英文小说中人物性格的准确分析，达到论文研究的目的。

3.成果形式：论文;