《红楼梦》中语义模糊数字的翻译外国语言学与应用语言学专业论文.docxVIP

i i Acknowledgements I would like to give my sincere thanks to all those who have helped me with the thesis. Firstly, I owe my deeply gratitude to my supervisor, Professor Shi Guoqiang, from whose unique way of speculating and original research methodology I have benefited a lot. He has given me a lot of inspiration, constructive opinions and constant encouragement in the preparation of this thesis. He has also spent much of his precious time correcting and polishing this thesis with patience. Without my professor’s insightful guidance, I must say it would be impossible for me to complete such a difficult task. Secondly, I would like to avail myself of this opportunity to express my sincerest thanks to all the teachers in School of Foreign Languages, who have given me enlightening instructions in the past three years. Their valuable lectures not only inspire my interest in translation but also lay solid foundations for my future work. I am also grateful for my classmates’ help with the thesis. At last, I am obliged to thank my family who support me constantly. ii ii Abstract The previous studies on fuzziness show that fuzziness is one of the essential characteristics of human thinking. Thus, fuzziness exists in human language and the close connection between fuzzy theory and translation can be seen. Therefore, it is very natural to introduce fuzzy theory into translation study. The object of this thesis is focused on the numerals with semantic fuzziness. The present writer attempts to study the translation of numerals with semantic fuzziness in the light of fuzzy theory. By analyzing and comparing the translation in three English versions of The Story of the Stone (translated by David Hawkes, Bencraft Joly and Yang Hsien-yi Gladys Yang respectively), the present writer will explore the causes of semantic fuzziness of numerals, the classification of fuzzy numerals, their pragmatic functions and the specific translation strategies. The writer begins to place emphasis