Contents

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction-1

2. Literature Review-3

2.1 The Relevance Chain-4

2.2 Homology-5

2.3 Selection and Adaptation-5

3. An introduction to Tess of the D'Urbervilles and its author-6

3.1 A brief introduction to Thomas Hardy-6

3.2 A brief introduction to Tess of the D'Urbervilles-7

4.Eco-translatological Study on Two Chinese Versions of Tess of the D'Urbervilles-8

4.1The translators' translation process under the guidance of Eco-translatology-8

4.2 Selective Adaptations about Translational Eco-environments of the Two   Versions-9

4.3 Adaptive Selections to Translational Eco-environments of the Two Versions-12

5. Conclusion-14

Works Cited-15