Strategies to Pragmatic Errors in Translation of Chinese Public Signs 中文公示语翻译中的语用错误及解决策略.doc

Strategies to Pragmatic Errors in Translation of Chinese Public Signs 中文公示语翻译中的语用错误及解决策略 Contents Abstract (English) iii Abstract (Chinese) iv TOC \o 1-3 \h \z \u  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178055   HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178056 Introduction 1  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178057 Chapter 1 A Brief Introduction of Public Signs 3  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178058 1.1 Definition of Public Signs 3  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178059 1.2 Functions of Public Signs 4  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178063 1.2.1 Directing 4  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178064 1.2.2 Prompting 4  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178065 1.2.3 Restricting 5  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178066 1.2.4 Compelling 6  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178067 Chapter 2 Theoretical Framework 7  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178068 2.1 Pragmatic Errors 7  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178069 2.2 Pragmatic Equivalence 7  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178070 2.3 Pragmatic Errors and Pragmatic Equivalence in Translation 10  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178071 Chapter 3 Strategies Based on Pragmatic Equivalence 12  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178072 3.1 Analysis of pragmatic errors in public signs 12  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178073 3.1.1 Pragmalinguistic failures 12  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178073 3.1.2 Socia-pragmatic failures 13  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178075 3.2 Strategies 15  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178076 3.2.1 Realization of intended functions 15  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178077 3.2.2 Acceptability of the target text 17  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178078 3.2.3 Standardization of expressions 18  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178079 Conclusion 21  HYPERLINK \l _Toc263178080 Bibliography 23  Abstract With the rapid development of the international exchange and the intensification of our reform and opening-up policy, public signs, functioning as a communication bridge between Chinese and foreign people, play a more and more important role in the building of the Chinese international image. The research on the translation of public signs attracts more and more attention from the linguistic perspecti