literature review on context translation mode

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1、LiteratureReviewonContextTranslationMode　　【Abstract】Thetheorycontexttranslationmodeanewtheoryconcerningcontextinvolvesthreedimensionsincludingcommunicativedimension，pragmaticdimensionandsemioticdimension.Thispaperaimstoexplaintheprogressofitsdevelopme

2、nt.　　【Keywords】contexttranslationmode；literaturereview；developmentprogress　　1.registertheory　　Hallidayfirstlyputforwardtheconcept，register，whichwasseenasarecurrent“situationtype，”whichisessentiallya“semioticstructure，”aconfigurationof“meaningsderiving

3、fromthesemioticsystemthatconstitutestheculture”（ibid.：109）.Hallidayclassifiedtheregistertothreeheadings：field，modeandtenortodescribehowthesituationdeterminesthemeaningsthatareexpressed.Threeconceptsareexplained：field，modeandtenor.Fieldisthetotalevent，

4、inwhichthetextisfunctioningtogetherwiththepurposiveactivityofthespeakerorwriter.Themodeisthefunctionofthetextintheevent，.Thetenorreferstothetypeofroleinteraction.Field，modeandtenorcollectivelydefinethecontextofsituationofatext.（HallidayandHasan，2001：2

5、2）　　2.ContextTranslationMode　　HatimandMason（2001：56）questionedthetheorythatregistercanreflectallmeaningsofcontext.Theyheldthat“alotmorethanthis（register），however，isretortedtobylanguageusersinhandlingcontextandintracingthewaysitisreflectedinactualtextu

6、almaterial.Fortranslators，therelevantquestionsare：1.Doestranslatingactivityconsistsolelyofmatchingsourcelanguage（hereafter“SL”）andtargetlanguage（hereafter“TL”）registerinaccordancewithintuitivelyperceivedorexternallydefined‘stylistic’conventions？2.Cant

7、extbereducedtocompilationsofsituationalvariables，recognitionofwhichissufficienttoestablishequivalence？”Itcanbeseenfromthetwoquestions，thattheyhavedoubtsonthegainingmeansofthreevariables.Thatistosay，theintuitivelyperceivedorexternallydefinedsourcetexts

8、ituationmaybenotthatauthor’ssituation，andtheaccumulationofuncertainvariablesarenotenoughtoensurethesituationequivalencebetweensourcetextandtargettext.Itisfeasibletomasterthemaro-contextviatheregistertheory，butthedefectisthatitisdifficulttopres