从翻译规范理论解读林纾翻译现象-英语语言文学专业论文.docxVIP

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to my supervisor, Professor Hu Zuoyou, both for his intellectual guidance and for his warm and constant encouragement during the process of writing this thesis. In spite of a heavy schedule, he labored through drafts of this thesis and pointed out defects in my theorizing. Without his enlightenment and supervision, the completion of this thesis would be unimaginable. Therefore, I owe all the merits in this thesis, if any, to him, though I am fully aware that the thesis might still contain some mistakes, for which I bear the whole responsibility. My cordial and sincere thanks go to all the professors of my graduate courses, whose interesting and informative lectures lead me to a challenging yet fascinating domain of academic research. The profit that I gained from his profound knowledge, remarkable expertise and intellectual ingenuity will be of everlasting significance to my future research. Last but not the least; big thanks go to my family and friends who have shared with me my worries, frustrations. But for their tremendous support and encouragement, the present thesis would not be possible. A Study on Lin Shu’s Translation ---From the Perspective of Norm Theory ABSTRACT Lin Shu was a brilliant Chinese translator who first made available to Chinese readers more than 246 works of Western literature, which was an everlasting contribution to the import of western literature and the progress of social culture in that period，leaving the later generations a valuable cultural heritage. His success is a unique historical phenomenon in a special background. However, as a translator who himself had no firsthand knowledge of any foreign languages, Lin Shu often adopted the way of free translation. Omission, addition and alteration were very common in his translations, so his translations often received severely criticisms. Besides，there is a wrong tendency which has influenced the translati