Abstract Due to the great difference between Chinese address system and English address system, translators will face great difficulties in their translation. A  Dream of Red Mansions, an embodiment of the cultural essence of China, incorporates a great variety of address terms, causing great difficulty in the translation process. This thesis seeks to correctly render these terms. It consists of five parts. Part one is a general introduction to this research, with its purpose, methodology and organization. Part two is the literature review on this research topic, including features of address forms, domestication and foreignization and the long-standing argument over their proper use. Part three analyzes the different translation purposes of Yang Xianyi and Hawkes. Part four provides a detailed analysis of the translation of the address forms in the two editions from. Chapter six provides a conclusion to the research findings.53667

Keywords: domestication; foreignization; address forms; A Dream of Red Mansions；translation purposes

摘要由于英汉称谓文化的巨大差异，在翻译称谓语时必然会遇到问题。而《红楼梦》称谓语的复杂以及其所代表的民族文化特征是的在翻译《红楼梦》称谓语的时候更是困难重重。本文从文化和翻译角度，探讨杨译本和霍译本中称谓语翻译的归化翻译策略与异化翻译策略。本文由5部分组成。第一部分做了一个总述，介绍了本篇论文的研究目标，研究的方法论原理以及论文的构成。第二部分进行了概述，介绍了称谓语系统的民族以及文化特以及异化与归化策略和它们长期的分歧。第三部分析了杨宪益和霍克斯的不同翻译目的。第四部分用实例从目的论对比分析杨译本和霍译本的归化和异化策略选择，反应两者不同的翻译方法以及不同的翻译目的。第五部分是对全文的总结。

毕业论文关键词：归化;异化;称谓语;《红楼梦》;翻译目的

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 2

3. Domestication and Foreignzation 3

3.1 The Definition of Domestication and Foreignzation 3

3.2 The Analysis of Domestication and Foreignization 4

4. Comparison of Purposes of the Translation of Yang and Hawkes 5

4.1 Yang’s Purpose 6

4.2 Hawkes' Purpose 6

5. Comparative Analysis of the Translation of Address Forms in Two Versions of a Dream of Red Mansions. 7

5.1 Purpose-based Translation Strategies in Both Versions. 7

5.2 The Application of Domestication and Foreignization from the Perspective of Skopos Theory 10

6. Conclusion 10

Works Cited 12

1. Introduction 

A Dream of Red Mansions was a great novel written by Cao Xueqin in 18th century. It presents the whole traditional Chinese society in Qing dynasty incisively and vividly to the readers. The book has highly ideological content and artistic greatness which attract all kinds of readers from all over the world. There is no doubt that A Dream of Red Mansions is a quintessence of Chinese literary treasure. 

       Translation of address forms in china seems particularly difficult and complex in A Dream of Red Mansions. Why？ Sun Weiqun held that “characters appeared in the novel was more than hundreds of people, interpersonal relationship, especially the kinship relationship is very complicated. Specifically, from the vertical, the center of the author's description-- Jia Fu, is a family of four generations, from the word "water" "into the" grass "word generation, involving five generation kinship; From lateral view, the history of Shi ,Wang and Xue mansion has crisscrossed with Jia's home and consanguinity as well as affinity in A Dream of Red Mansions.”（孙为群,2001:115-116）.So, it is very meaningful to study the kinship address systems in A Dream of Red Mansions which could represent the kinship address system in ancient time. However, comparing those of English, Chinese address system is much more complex and different, thus making it difficult to translate equivalently.   源'自:吹冰]'论-文'网"]www.chuibin.com