仝品生编著的《中西方翻译历史中的对等》通过对中西方历史中各种翻译理论对对等翻译概念的梳理，找出对等翻译在两种文化背景下衍生出的共性与差异，从而阐释对等翻译论争的本质，为之后尝试性的解决办法构建一个相对坚实的基础，同时阐发了对等在翻译历史中的重要性和意义。

在中西方翻译的历史中，“对等”是一个核心的概念，它的发生、发展和变化直接反映并诠释两种文化背景中不同的翻译本质和思维范式。也正是在漫长的历史中对对等翻译的追求，才推动了中西方翻译实践和理论的发展和衍变。仝品生编著的《中西方翻译历史中的对等》通过对中西方翻译历史中各种对等翻译概念的梳理，分析对等翻译折射出的文化共性与差异，《中西方翻译历史中的对等》阐发了对等在翻译历史中的重要意义。中西方翻译历史中的对等几乎都是从相对机械、理想主义的发端逐渐走向功能、接受美学视阈中的追求，从实践与理论争论走向专业化的科学或艺术，从一种学科领域衍射到政治、经济、社会和文化等。作为语言文化交际的过程，翻译是语言内外语境中各种要素相互作用下为满足传播与通达的最终产物，是一种目的性选择的实现。这一过程中，一方面是两种语言文化的互动；另一方面是语言文化相互融会、补充并逐渐走向共通。而且，随着这种共识的增强，语言文化中的差异性或缺失得到应有的认知，相互理解增强，最终在翻译中实现相互适应的意图对等。

Chapter One Introduction

 1.1 Research Orientation

 1.2 Mutual Adaptation as a Means to Achieve Intention Equivalence: the Objective of Research

 1.3 Rationale for the Study

 1.4 Objectives of the Research

 1.5 Research Methodology

 1.6 0utline of the Thesis

Chapter Two The Studies of Translation Equivalence:a Literature Review

 2.1 Introduction

 2.2 Definitions of Translation Equivalence

 2.3 Typology of Translation Equivalence

 2.4 Approaches to Translation Equivalence

 2.5 Adaptability and Translation Equivalence

 2.6 Summary

Chapter Three The Debates on Equivalence in the History of Western Translation

 3.1 Early Debates about Translation Equivalence

 3.2 Translation in the Middle Ages

 3.3 Hundred Years Translation Movement

 3.4 Bible Translation and its Theoretical Debates in the Western Translation History

 3.5 The Debates on the Equivalence in the 16th and the 17th Century

 3.6 The Debates on the Equivalence in the 20th Century

 3.7 The Studies of Translation Equivalence in the First Decade of the 21st Century

Chapter Four The Debates on Equivalence in the History of Chinese Translation

 4.1 The Debate on "Wen" and "Zhi" in Buddhist Translation

 4.2 Chinese Translation from the End of Ming Dynasty to the May Forth Movement

 4.3 The Debates of Equivalence in the Modem Chinese Translation

 4.4 The Notion of Equivalence at the Present Time

 4.5 Summary

Chapter Five Theoretical Sources of Translation Equivalence in Mutual Adaptation and a Conceptual Frame-work for Translation

 5.1 Introduction

 5.2 Adaptability of Translation

 5.3 Studies of Context

 5.4 Intentions and Translation

 5.5 Intention Equivalence Redefined

 5.6 Intention Equivalence in Mutual Adaptation

 5.7 Summary

Chapter Six Intention Equivalence in Mutual Adaptation at the Linguistic Level: an Analysis

 6.1 Introduction

 6.2 Phonological Adaptation

 6.3 Lexical Adaptation

 6.4 Syntactic Adaptation

 6.5 Textual Adaptation

 6.6 Summary

Chapter Seven Intention Equivalence in Mutual Adaptation at the Extralinguistic Level: an Analysis

 7.1 Introduction

 7.2 Adaptation to the Physical World

 7.3 Adaptation to the Mental World

 7.4 Adaptation to the Social World

 7.5 Mutual Adaptation between Translation Norm and Ideology

 7.6 Summary

Chapter Eight Conclusion

 8.1 Introduction

 8.2 Major Findings on Intention Equivalence in Mutual Adaptation

 8.3 Implications of the Study

 8.4 Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Research

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