Table of Contents Unit 1 Literature Reading and Translation： General Description 1 Unit Objectives 1 Definition of Literature 2 Classification of Literature 3 General Linguistic Features of Professional Literature 5 Search for Relevant Literature 6 More About the Subject 8 Thematic Translation Skills： Translation of Literature 10 Cross-cultural Translation （1）： Introduction 13 Unit Summary 15 Simulation and Further Study 16 Unit 2 Periodical Literature 17 Unit Objectives 17 Definition of Periodical Literature 18 Classification of Periodical Literature 19 General Features of Periodical Literature 22 Search for Periodical Literature 23 More About the Subject 26 Thematic Translation Skills： Translation of Periodical Literature 29 Cross-cultural Translation （2）： Considering Religious Factors 30 Unit Summary 33 Simulation and Further Study 34 Unit 3 Professional Books 35 Unit Objectives 35 Definition of a Book 36 Classification of Professional Books 36 General Features of Professional Books 40 Search for Professional Books 41 More About the Subject 44 Thematic Translation Skills： Translation of Long Sentences in Professional Books 48 Cross-cultural Translation （3）： Rethinking Historical Factors 54 Unit Summary 57 Simulation and Further Study 58 Unit 4 Professional Papers 59 Unit Objectives 59 Definition of Professional Papers 60 Classification of Professional Papers 61 Linguistic Features of Professional Papers 62 Search for Professional Papers 64 More About the Subject 67 Thematic Translation Skills： Translation of Professional Papers 70 Cross-cultural Translation （4）： Identifying Societal Factors 75 Unit Summary 78 Simulation and Further Study 79 Unit 5 Encyclopedias 81 Unit Objectives 81 Classification of Encyclopedias 82 Evaluation of Encyclopedias 82 Syntactic and Semantic Features of Encyclopedia Entries 84 ……
