●Preface
●Chapter One Introduction
●Chapter Two Language and thought
●2.1 Thought
●2.2 Relationship between language and thought
●Chapter Three A general survey of Chinese and Occidental thought patterns
●3.1 Thought pattern
●3.2 A general survey of Chinese and Occidental thought patternsChapter Four Linguistic phenomena influenced by Chinese and Occidental thought patterns
●4.1 Linguistic phenomena influenced by synthesis thinking and analysis thinking
●4.2 Linguistic phenomena influenced by thinking-in-images and abstract or logical thinking
●4.3 Linguistic phenomena influenced by circular thinking and linear thinking
●4.4 Linguistic phenomena influenced by subjective thinking and objective thinking
●Chapter Five Translation in thinking differences
●5.1 Translation in synthesis and analysis thinking:readjust sentence length
●5.2 Translation in thinking-in-image and abstract thinking:conversion between emptiness and actuality
●5.3 Translation in circular and linear thinking:readjust sentence focus
●5.4 Translation in subjective and objective thinking:change sentence perpective
●Chapter Six Conclusion
●Bibliography