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 On the Culture-specificity of Chinese Metonymies and Their Translatability ——A Case Study of the English Translation of Shuihuzhuan By Pan Wencen Under the Supervision of Professor Fan Xiangtao Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts College of Foreign Languages Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics January, 2013 Declaration I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person or material which has to a substantial extent been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma at any university or other institute of higher learning, except where due acknowledgment has been made in the text. Signature: _________________ Name: _________________ Date: _________________ Acknowledgements In the composition of this thesis, I have received much help and support from many people, to whom I would take this opportunity to extend my most sincere gratitude. First of all, my special thanks go to my supervisor Professor Fan Xiangtao, who has spared his invaluable time guiding me through the writing of this thesis. From the initial planning to the final completion, I have benefited enormously from his inspirational suggestions, critical insight and great patience, and without him this thesis could not have been what it is in the present form. Professor Fan adopts a rigorous attitude towards research, while towards students he is quite amiable. I will take him as a model to learn from in my entire life. In addition, I want to extend my gratitude to other respectable teachers in the College of Foreign Languages. Their illuminating lectures have inspired me a lot in my research; their professional attainments set good examples for me in the future. I am also grateful to my dear classmates with whom I discussed this thesis and got new ideas. The living and studying experience with them is a preci