Acknowledgements
This thesis has taken me almost half a year to turn it from conception to the
final completion. A number of people have been wonderfully helpful in my
doing research as well as completing the thesis. So I especially wish to
acknowledge the following people.
First of all, I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to my
supervisor Liu Yanfen for her long and lasting patient and constructive
instructions on my thesis writing.
Secondly, my many thanks also go to my Translation Teacher Ms Qiao who
let me have an interest in Translation.
Thirdly, I would like to thank all the teachers who teach me and give me
help.
At last, my thanks go to my roommates who give me confidence to
accomplishing this thesis.
Abstract
Translation is a communicative activity. The Functionalist Approaches give a
definition that translating is a purposeful activity. The main principles of
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