Comparative Study on the Translation of Detective Stories from a Systemic Functional Perspective

Yan Wang received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2015 and is currently a Lecturer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her research areas include systemic functional linguistics, translation studies, discourse analysis and legal translation. She has published articles in Foreign Language and Teaching, Chinese Science & Technology Translators Journal, Contemporary Rhetoric, Journal of World Languages and Linguistics and the Human Sciences. She is the Director and Membership Secretary of the Hong Kong Translation Society. She is also a freelance translator and has published three books.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Systemic Functional Approach to Translation Studies.- 3. Theoretical Framework and Research Methodology.- 4. Verbs of Saying and Thematic Analysis of Verbal Clauses.- 5. Logico-semantic and Rhetorical Analysis of Verbal Clause Complexes.- 6. Contextual Analysis and Comparisons of Two Chinese Translations.- 7. Conclusion.