翻译专业开题报告howtodealwithellipsisinenglish-chinesetranslationi.purposeandsignificancewiththedevelopmentofglobalization,theworld’spolitical,economicandculturalcommunicationsarebecomingincreasinglyfrequent.therefore,theroleoftranslationcannotbeignored.however,thedifferencesbetweenenglishandchineseculturesthatarereflectedinthetwolanguagesposeconsiderabledifficulty.itisacknowledgedthatwhendoingtranslationonecannottranslatewordforword,orsentencebysentence.therefore,wemustusesometranslationstrategiessuchasamplification,ellipsis,conversionandsoon.ellipsisasoneofthebasictranslationmethodsplaysanessentialroleinenglish-chineserendition.translatorsapplyitinordertomaketheirversionsmorecoherentandunderstandable.accordingtotheoxfordadvancedlearner’senglish-chinesedictionary,ellipsismeansleavingoutawordorwordsfromasentencedeliberately,whenthemeaningcanbeunderstoodwithoutthem.ellipsisintranslationdoesnotmeancuttingsomecontentfromtheoriginalarticles.whatcouldbeomittedarewordsthatareuselessintranslatedworksorelsetheywillmaketheversionsredundantordisobeythemannerofexpressioninanotherlanguage.somewordsandphrasesareuselessinchinesebutnecessaryinenglish.articlesinenglisharethemostsignificantphenomenonfromthisaspect.theyareveryimportantinenglish,butwecanhardlyseeanyreflectionofthispartinchinese.ellipsisisdesignedonthebasisoffaithfulnesstotheoriginaltext,makingitmorefluent,smooth,concise,thusconformingtoidiomaticchinese.thepaperwillexploreellipsisinenglish-chinesetranslationfromfiveaspects,whichareellipsesofpronouns,conjunctions,articles,prepositions,modifications,soastoachievesmootherandclearercommunicationsamongchinaandenglish-speakingcountries.ii.literaturereviewlongbefore,somepeoplebegantolearnothercountries’languagestounderstandotherscultures.inchina,xuanzangwasthefirsttranslatorwhonotonlytranslatedthesanskritsutrasintochinese,butintroducedthefirstchinesewritingstoforeigncountries,makingforeignersunderstandchina’sancientculture.meanwhile,hewasthefirsttotranslatelaotsesworksintosanskrit.