从译者主体性看《狼图腾》的英译英语语言文学专业论文.docxVIP

Acknowledgements I started working on my thesis for Master’s Degree two years ago and until now it has been completed. In this process, many people have contributed to its completion in different ways. I owe all of them my heartfelt thanks. My sincere gratitude first goes to my supervisor, Professor Zhang Sijie, for his painstaking efforts in supervising the whole process of my thesis writing. Without his constructive suggestions and generous support, this thesis would not have been finalized. Also, I am greatly indebted to all the professors of the North University of China. Their lectures have directly or indirectly benefited me a lot, inspirations from which make my completion of this thesis possible. Finally, I am very thankful to my family and friends who have been so supportive when I need their encouragement Abstract For a long time, traditional translation studies had been text-oriented or author-oriented with emphasis on translation criteria, methods or skills. Translators have been put in a marginal status of subject of translation as a supporting role without subjectivity. Since the cultural turn in the 1970s, the translator’s indispensable role in translation activity has been recognized, leading to increasing concern about subjects of translation and particularly studies on the translator’s subjectivity. Lang Tuteng is a lengthy novel mainly describing the colorful lives of Mongols and their stories with the wolf on the grassland. Since its publication in 2004, it has created a big stir and topped the best selling books of that year. The Penguin Group purchased its English copyright in 2005. The English translation was performed by American sinologist Howard Goldblatt and turned out to be another success when first released in 2008. This is of great significance to the output of Chinese literary works. Therefore, it is necessarily essential to carry out a systematic study on the English version and its translator. In view of this, the author of thi