法律翻译中的“规范性”：以《民法通则》四译本为例-外国语言学及应用语言学专业论文.docx

“NORMALITY” IN LEGAL TRANSLATION: WITH THE FOUR ENGLISH VERSIONS OF THE GCL OF THE PRC AS A CASE EXAMPLE By XIAO Juan A Thesis Submitted to Graduate School, Southwest University of Political Science and Law In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Supervisor: Professor XIONG Demi March, 2014 Acknowledgments I would like to express my gratitude to my family, my teachers, my classmates and my friends who help me fulfill my thesis writing. Without their help, my thesis would have been in failure. At the outset, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my dear supervisor, Prof. Xiong Demi. Prof. Xiong Demi is a very strict teacher with a sense of high responsibility. He always revised and noted my thesis again and again, and then phoned me for the problems in order to make sure I could get his ideas and draw enough attention on the errors, and finally I can successfully correct some parts of my thesis. I find that I can not thank enough for his discreet kindness. Prof. Xiong is not only my supervisor, but also my dear friend for ever. In the same way, my thanks would go to other professors who helped me, Prof. Song Lei, Prof. Zhang Shaoquan, Prof. Zhao Liang, Prof. Huang Chunfang, Prof. Zheng Daxuan, Prof. Xiao Yunshu and so on. I will especially give my thanks to Prof. Song Lei and my tutor, Luo Dan. I have benefited a great deal from Prof. Song?s classes and eventually I have the inspiration to write this title. Miss Luo always encourages me to conquer all kinds of difficulties. Additionally, my heartfelt thanks also go to my dear family: my husband, my little daughter and my parents. As for a new young mother, I need to have enough time to prepare for my thesis, however, my dear family always back me up so that more time is left for me. When I started to revise my thesis leaving her, my little daughter was only born for several months. However, my parents-in-law took care of my