中山大学翻译学院英语专业毕业论文写作指南HandbookofGraduationDissertationforUndergraduateStudentsSchoolofInternationalStudiesSunYat-senUniversity11(一)、毕业论文写作安排及要求(1)SelectingaTopic选题Thetitlesofdissertationsshallbesubmittedtotheschoolofficeforapprovalbeforetheseventhweekofthesixthsemester.第七学期第六周前:选题(2)Supervisor导师安排Studentsshallbeassignedtothesupervisorsafterthetitlesofdissertationsaresubmitted.(Studentscanapproachtheirpreferredsupervisorsbuttheappointmentshallbemadebytheschool.)导师在学生提交论文题目后指定。在做出统筹安排导师之前,学生可与教师相互协商,向学院办公室提出建议。(3)FirstDraftsofDissertations论文初稿Studentsshallsubmitthefirstdraftsoftheirdissertationstothesupervisorsinthesixthweekoftheeighthsemester.Oryoursupervisordecidesthetimeofthesubmission.第八学期第六周:提交论文初稿。或与导师商量具体时间。(4)DeadlineforSubmissionofDissertations论文提交期限Bytheendoftheninthweek,studentsshallsubmittheirdissertationstotheschooloffice.Supervisorswouldgetcopiesfromtheofficeforcomments.Thedissertationsshallconformtothelayoutandotherrequirementsdescribedin(5)and(6).Theyshallnotbeacceptedafterthedeadline.第八学期第九周周末前,提交打印好的论文,过期不受理。论文交学院办公室,导师到办公室领取有正式封面的论文写评语和判分。(5)RequirementsofDissertations论文要求A.Thedissertationshallrepresentpartoftheknowledgethestudenthasacquiredduringthe4yearsofstudyandmustbepartlyoriginal.Theoriginalityshallbeshowneitherbythediscoveryofnewfactsorbyindependentjudgments.B.Thedissertationshallcontainthestudent’sownaccountofhis/herresearch.C.Thedissertationshallbenotlessthan3,000wordsandnotmorethan5,000wordsinEnglish.D.Puretranslationisnotacceptablewhilecommentsontranslationareencouraged.A、论文应与本系专业有关(比如英语语言和文学、翻译研究、跨文化交际、应用语言学、二语习得、英语教育等方面);B、独立完成;C、3000-5000字;D、毕业论文可以是翻译评论,但不接受单纯的翻译文本。(6)OralDefense论文答辩Oraldefenseshallbeheldintheeleventhweekoftheeighthsemester.Allteachersaresupposedtotakepartinthisacademicactivity.第八学期第十一周举行,全体教师参加。22(7)ObjectivesfortheOralDefense答辩目的A.Toverifytheauthenticityofthewriting.B.Tochecktheoralpresentationofthestudents.C.Todoublecheckandbalancethegradesgivenbythesupervisor.检查论文的可信程度、学生的口头表述能力、评分是否合理。(8)ProceduresfortheOralDefense答辩程序A.10-15min.altogetherforeachstudent.B.3-5min.ofasummaryofthedissertationbythestudent.C.7-10min.forthequestionsandanswers.每场答辩10-15分钟;学生讲论文摘要3-5分钟;提问与回答7-10分钟。(9)Gradingsystem评分等级GradeStandardGradePoints优秀良好中等及格不及格ExcellentGoodFairPassFailure90andabove80-8970-7960-6959andbelow(二)、摘要写作的关键字眼B=somebackgroundinformation(ageneralintroduction)P=purposeandtheprincipalactivity(usuallyaspecificproblem)M=themaininformationaboutthemethodologyusedR=themostimportantresultsofthestudyC=astatementaboutyourconclusionorthe(kindof)closingrecommendation(s)youmake.(三)、注释及参考文献格式要求(说明:本格式参阅了MLA、CMS和《外语教学与研究》的格式,部分例子源于其他学术刊物。)ⅠEnd-notesandIn-textCitations毕业论文的注释采用尾注和夹注,不采用脚注。33End-notes(ratherthanfoot-notes)andin-textcitationsareusedinthegraduationdissertations.1End-notes在每章正文需注释处的右上方按顺序加注数码①②③……,在每章正文之后写注文,每条加对应数码,同行时与上行注文对齐。UsenumberedEndnotestoindicatetheauthorityofstatedopinions,facts,orexactquotations.2In-textCitations某些引文或所依据的文献无需详细注释者,以夹注的形式随文在括弧内注明。Thecitationsareplacedinparentheses()withinthetext.A.来自专著的直接引语,作者姓名在文中已经出现Directquotationsfromabook,author’sNAMEINTEXT格式:出版年份:页码。Format:Year:pagenumber(s).Example:Reessaid,“Askeyaspectsoflearningarenotstable,butchangeable,thisopensthewayfortheroleoftheteacherasthepre-eminentmediatorintheprocess”(1986:241).B.来自专著的直接引语,作者姓名在文中没有出现Directquotationsfromabook,author’snameNOTintext格式:作者姓名,出版年份:页码。Format:Author’slastname,year:pagenumber(s).Example:“OnereasonperhapsisthattheChineseaudienceismorefamiliarwithandreceptivetoWesternculturethantheaverageEnglishreaderistoChineseculture”(Fung1995:71).C.来自某篇文章的直接引语,作者姓名在文中已经出现Directquotationsfromanarticle,author’sNAMEINTEXT格式:发表年份Format:Year.Example:ErnstRosesubmits,“ThehighlyspiritualviewoftheworldpresentedinSiddarthaexerciseditsappealonWestandEastalike”(1974).D.来自某篇文章的直接引语,作者姓名在文中没有出现Directquotationsfromanarticle,author’sNAMENOTintext格式:作者姓名,出版年份。Format:Author’slastname,year.44Example:“Everythingrestsonthenotionthatthereissuchathingas‘just’words–butthereisn’t”(Bateson1972).E.来自专著的间接引语,作者的姓名在文中已经提到Indirectquotationsfromabook,author’sNAMEINTEXT格式:出版年份:引文页码。Format:Year:pagenumber(s).Example:AccordingtoAlunRees(1986:234),thewritersfocusontheuniquecontributionthateachindividuallearnerbringstothelearningsituation.F.来自专著的间接引语,作者的姓名在文中没有提到Indirectquotationsfromabook,author’sNAMENOTintext格式:作者姓名,出版年:引文页码。Format:Author’slastname,year:pagenumber(s).Example:Itmaybetruethatintheappreciationofmedievalarttheattitudeoftheobserverisofprimaryimportance(seeRobertson1987:136).Note:Ifthestatingtheorycanbedirectlyfoundintheoriginaltext,declarethesourceby(seeRobertson1987:136);ifthestatingtheorycanonlypartlybefoundintheoriginaltext,declarethesourceby(c.f.Robertson1987:136)G.来自文章的间接引语,作者的姓名在文中没有提到Indirectquotationsfromanarticle,author’sNAMENOTintext格式:作者姓名,出版年份。Format:Author’slastname,year.Example:Itisarguedthatifcommunicationistobesuccessful,thepeopleinvolvedneedtosharethesamereferentialmeaningofthewordstheyareusing(Byron&Fleming1999).H.提到某人的观点与姓名Referenceofauthor’snameandopinion(s)intext格式:发表年份(紧跟姓名后)For