Nancy Xiuzhi Liu received her MA in Translation and Interpreting from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and her PhD in International Communications from the University of Nottingham. Since 2008, she has been working at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China as Assistant Professor in translation and interpreting between mandarin and English. She writes and presents widely on issues of media text translation, sociocultural meanings of translation, translation of texts with cultural-specific items and pedagogy in translation and interpretation. She is also a practitioner of both translation and interpreting between Chinese and English.

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• List of TablesList of FiguresChapter 1 Introduction1.1 Two Unique Newspapers1.2 Framing Studies and News Translation1.3 Goals of the Book1.4 Scope of the Book1.5 Methodology and Data Collection1.6 Structure of the BookBibliographyChapter 2 Transframing: A Bridge Concept in News Translation2.1 Introduction2.2 News Framing and News Translation2.3 Transframing: A Bridge Concept in News Translation2.4 Macro Framework of Analysis of News Transframing2.5 SummaryBibliographyChapter 3 Operationalization of the Transframing Model3.1 Influencers of Transframing3.2 Indicators of Transframing3.3 Research Model of Transframing3.4 Identification of Frames3.4.1 Principles to identify frames3.4.2 Focal points to locate frames3.5 Design of Coding Schemes3.6 Critical Discourse Analyses3.7 SummaryBibliographyChapter 4 Application of the Transframing Model4.1 Introduction4.2 Correlations between the influencers and indicators of transframing4.2 Method of analysis4.2.1 Content analysis4.2.2 Discourse analyses4.3 SummaryBibliographyChapter 5 Story Tone Being Key Determiner of Transframing5.1 Introduction5.2 Story Tone Determines Framing Tone5.2.1 Neutral framing tone5.2.2 Positive framing tone5.2.3 Negative framing tone5.2.4 Summary5.3 Story Tone Correlated with Framing Meaning5.3.1 Framing meaning remaining the same5.3.2 Framing meaning added5.3.3 Framing meaning reduced5.3.4 Summary5.4 Story Tone Associated with Framing Degree5.4.1 Framing degree remaining the same5.4.2 Framing degree strengthened5.4.3 Framing degree weakened5.4.4 Summary5.5 Story Tone Related to Framing Device5.5.1 Framing device remaining the same5.5.2 Framing device partly changed5.5.3 Framing device totally changed5.5.4 Summary5.6 Story Tone Affects Transframing Strategies5.7 ConclusionChapter 6 Story Type Correlated Strongly with Transframing6.1 Introduction6.2 Story Type Determines Framing Tone6.2.1 Neutral framing tone6.2.2 Positive framing tone6.2.3 Negative framing tone6.2.4 Summary6.3 Story Type Correlated with Framing Meaning6.3.1 Framing meaning remaining the same6.3.2 Framing meaning added6.3.3 Framing meaning reduced6.3.4 Summary6.4 Story Type Associated with Framing Degree6.4.1 Framing degree remaining the same6.4.2 Framing degree strengthened6.4.3 Framing degree weakened6.4.4 Summary6.5 Story Type Related to Framing Device6.5.1 Framing device remaining the same6.5.2 Framing device partly changed6.5.3 Framing device totally changed6.5.4 Summary6.6 Story Type Affects Transframing Strategies6.7 ConclusionChapter 7 Story Sensitivity Closely Associated with Transframing7.1 Introduction7.2 Story Sensitivity Determines Framing Tone7.2.1 Neutral framing tone7.2.2 Positive framing tone7.2.3 Negative framing tone7.2.4 Summary7.3 Story Sensitivity Correlated with Framing MeaningTable 10 Story Sensitivity* Framing Meaning Crosstabulation7.3.1 Framing meaning remaining the same7.3.2 Framing meaning added7.3.3 Framing meaning reduced7.3.4 Summary7.4 Story Sensitivity Associated with Framing Degree7.4.1 Framing degree remaining the same7.4.2 Framing degree strengthened7.4.3 Framing degree weakened7.4.4 Summary7.5 Story Sensitivity Related to Framing Device7.5.1 Framing device remaining the same7.5.2 Framing device partly changed7.5.3 Framing device totally changed7.5.4 Summary7.6 Story Sensitivity Affects Strategies of Transframing7.7 Word Count7.8 Filtered Tests7.9 Conclusion7.10 Conclusion to the Overall AnalysisChapter 8 Contexts of Transframing8.1 Introduction 1978.2 The Political Context8.3 The Ideological Context8.4 The Economic Context8.5 The Journalistic Context8.6 Transframing Strategies8.7 SummaryBibliographyChapter 9 Conclusions9.1 Theoretical Model of Transframing9.2 More Thoughts on the Investigation9.3 Significance and Application of the Theoretical Model9.4 Further Thoughts for Future WorkBibliographyAppendixNotes