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编号：20040062毕业论文（华文中宋32号）题目：委婉语的语用分析及其对翻译的启示(黑体三号)PragmaticAnalysisonEuphemismandItsImplicationsforTranslation（TimesNewRoman三号）院（系）：外语系（宋体三号）专业：英语（同上）学生姓名：缪许荣（同上）学号：00061319(TimesNewRoman三号)指导教师：马霞（宋体三号）职称：副教授（宋体三号）题目类型：理论研究实验研究工程设计工程技术研究软件开发（宋，小四）2004年2月9日（宋，三号）摘要（黑体三号）在原作者，译者，读者的关系链中，译者处于一个中介人的位置，从语用学角度分析，其实也就是同时处于交际三角中的“受众”与“写作者/演讲者”的两角。本文拟用语学中的基本原理，从委婉语这一修辞格的形成（写作者/演讲者）和接受（受众）这两极出发，探讨与委婉语相关的语用因素，即写作者/演讲者使用委婉语的目的和原则以委婉语受众如何理解委婉语的深层含义，着重探讨译者在翻译过程中如何理解并翻译委婉语。（宋，小四号）关键词:委婉语；语用学理据（宋，小四号）iAbstract（TimesNewRoman三号，粗体）Inthecommunicatingchainbetweentheauthor,translatorandreader,thetranslatoractsasanintermediary,orasthereceiverandspeaker/writersimultaneouslyinthecommunicationtriangleintermsofpragmatism.Basedontheprinciplesofpragmatism,thisthesisaimstodiscussthepragmaticelementsofeuphemismbystudyingtheformation(writer/speaker)andreceipt(receiver).Itexploresfirstthereasonswhythespeakerorwriteruseseuphemismandtheprinciplestheymightobservewhenusingit;thenthethesiscontinuestodiscussthepragmaticinferenceofeuphemisms,withitsemphasisonhowthetranslatorunderstandseuphemism.Attheendofthethesis,considerationsandpossiblesuggestionsfortranslatingeuphemismsaregivenoutforreaders’reference.Keywords:euphemism；pragmaticprinciples(TimesNewRoman,小四号)iiContents(TimesNewRoman三号，居中,粗体)Introduction(TimesNewRoman,四号，加粗)·········································11Thepurposeandprinciplesofusingeuphemisms(TimesNewRoman,四号)···11.1Thepurposeofusingeuphemism(TimesNewRoman,小四号,加粗)························11.1.1Ineffablepurpose························································································11.1.2Urbanizationpurpose················································································21.1.3Palliativepurpose·······················································································21.2Theprincipleforusingeuphemisms·································································31.2.1Cooperativeprinciple··················································································31.2.2Politenessprinciple······················································································41.2.3Self-defendingprinciple···············································································42.Pragmaticanalysisonthereceiverofeuphemisms(TimesNewRoman,四号)·····································52.1Pragmaticinference·······················································································52.2Oneofthemajorfactorsaffectingpragmaticinference········································63.Factorsforconsiderationintranslatingeuphemisms··(TimesNewRoman,四号)··································73.1Stylisticfactor······························································································73.2Rhetoricfactor·····························································································83.3Contextualfactor··························································································84Conclusion(TimesNewRoman,四号)··································9Acknowledgements(四号)···········································································10References(四号)·······················································································11iiiIntroduction（TimesNewRoman四号）Asapopularfigurativespeech,euphemismsarewidelyusedinbothChineseandEnglishliteralworks,newspapersandmagazines;soareinourdailylife（何善芬，2002）.InChinese-EnglishorEnglish-Chinesetranslation,theproperrenderingofeuphemismsisanimportantfactor.However,traditionalstudyofrhetorichaslongbeenlimitedtothemodelof“definition+examples+analysis”andhardlyhavemanybreakthroughsbeenseen(宗延虎，2002).Butinfact,rhetoricisaboundarydisciplinewithcloserelationswithsemantics,pragmatics,logics,sociologyetc.Therefore,itcanbeanalyzedindifferentcorrespondingaspects.Inessence,figuresofspeechfallintothecategoryofthedynamicandtwo-waycommunicatingactivity,e.g.apragmaticactivity.Basedontheprinciplesofpragmatism,thispaperaimstodiscussthepragmaticelementsofeuphemismbystudyingtheformation(writer/speaker)andreceipt(receiver).Itemphasizeshowthetranslatorunderstandsandtranslateseuphemismduringthetranslationprocess.（TimesNewRoman小四）1Thepurposeandprinciplesofusingeuphemisms（TimesNewRoman,四号,加粗）AccordingtoOxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglis—ChineseDictionary/Webster’sNewCollegiateDictionary,euphemismisakindoffigurativespeechwhichemploystheuseofothers,usu,lessexactbutmilderorlessblunt,wordsorphrasesinplaceofwordsrequiredbytruthoraccuracyandthesubstitutionofanagreeableorinoffensiveexpressionforonethatmayoffendorsuggestsomethingunpleasant.Inthelightofpragmatism,euphemismisinfactindirectspeech,e.g.thespeakerisindirectinexpressinghis/herview.Thefollowingistheauthor’sanalysisonthepurposeandprincipleofthisindirectspeech.1.1Thepurposeofusingeuphemisms(小四,加粗)AccordingtoLiGuonan（李国南,2001）,rhetoricisgenerallyaninstrumentinspeakingorwriting;however,asafigurativespeech,euphemismismoreapurposethananinstrument.Inusingeuphemism,wetendtolaymoreemphasisonitspurpose,orit