翻译规范对文学翻译的影响——Oliver Twist三个中译本的历时描述性研究.docx

The The Influences of Translation Norms on LiteraryTranslation： A Diachronic Descriptive Study of Three Chinese Versions of otiver Twist AThesis Submitted to Foreign Studies College In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For The Degree of Master of Arts in the Subj ect of English Language and Literature By Xie Qiong Under the Supervision of Professor Jiang Jiansong Changsha，Hunan May,2011 AbstractTraditional Abstract Traditional translation studies pay close attention to the original text and center on the nature and quality of translations，which ignore influences of literary and cultural norms in the target language on literary translations．With the cultural turn in contemporary translation studies， the focus of translation studies gradually changes from the pure linguistic level to probing into factors governing literary translations at social， cultural and linguistic level．As one of representatives of descriptive school，Gideon Toury puts forward translation norms theory,which regards literary translation as a complicated dynamic system within a target．oriented framework．Translation norms theory situates translation activities in social and cultural background and utilizes the descriptive paradigm to generalize translation norms influencing translators’choices and decisions in literary translating activities，which broadens the field of literary translation studies． This thesis attempts to describe the influences of translation norms on literary translation based on Gideon Toury’S translation norms theory． Three Chinese versions of Oliver Twist in 20m century,namely,the pre-May 4m period(from 1 900 to 1 9 1 6)，the enlightenment period(from 1 9 1 7 to 1 949)and the Republic period(from 1 949 to 1 986)，are selected as the analytical materials．The preliminary norms influencing choice of Oliver Twist as the source text are elaborated from social ideologies， readers’expectancy,translation policies of publishers and translators’ idiosyncrasies．Moreover,analysis of