期待视野观照下论语两个英译本注释对比分析-a comparative analysis of two english versions of the analects from the perspective of expectation.docxVIP

II II Descriptive Chinese Abstract 关键词：注释；《论语》；林戊荪；韦利；期待视野 En English Abstract III III Abstract Annotations are indispensible in literary translation. It is mainly used to help the reader to remove cultural barriers and to appreciate the profundity of exotic culture. Though it has been widely applied to literary translation, the relevant research is limited to the study of general annotation principles and strategies. Recent years witness a rapid development of Chinese classics translation, and annotation, as an inseparable part of translation, receives much more attention than before. Many contemporary translators repeatedly emphasize the crucial role that the annotation plays in providing supplementary information to the text and disseminating culture. However, researchers seldom study it under a specific theoretical framework. Lunyu, a Confucian classic that has influenced China?s civilization for more than 2,000 years, undoubtedly becomes the focus of Chinese classics translation. English versions of Lunyu keep emerging but relevant studies, though flourishing, are still confined to the following aspects: versions comparison, translator studies, comments on translation and proofreading, translation dissemination as well as key concepts research. Annotations studies of Lunyu have all along been in a marginalized position. This thesis focuses on two English versions of Lunyu, one by Waley, a prestigious British sinologist, and the other by Lin Wusun, an experienced translator in China. The theory “horizon of expectation” has been applied to do a comparative analysis on their annotations in order to find out the reasons accounting for annotation differences between the two versions. This thesis first delineates the scope of annotations in each version and then gives a brief description to each annotation part. Three major functions have been extracted for annotation classification in order to lay a foundation for the comparative study. Annotation comparison has bee