A detailed comparative study of Eileen Chang’s renowned novella the Golden Cangue and its English translation as well as the textual relationship between the source text(ST) and the target text(TT) in both the micro level and macro level shows that Leuven-Zwart’s transeme model can be revised to identify major translation shifts in both the micro and macro structures.

This thesis, by making use of Catford’s theory of translation shifts, attempts to analyze, in specific ways, the various shifts needed for the successful production of adequate Chinese versions of English literary works, with two Chinese versions of Jane Eyre as source materials for study.

Through the introduction of the origin,essence and classification of the theory of translation shift,it aims at emphasizing the necessity of translation shifts in the process of translation.

Issues should be paid attention to in trademark translation and translation methods;

translation methods of film titles film titles translation methods;

In its long translation history,there is appearing a multiple trend in the translation methods.

And meanwhile the author found out some problems in the translation of tourist attractions, and enumerated some main translation methods.

The author also puts forward some translation methods in dealing with the problems in the transla-tion process,such as methods of domestication,generalization,simplification,unification and literal translation etc.

The thesis is devoted to the introduction of some Chinese translation methods of English idioms and their characteristic features.