译者在翻译时应时刻保持语境意识。本文把Hatim和Mason提出语境三个层面理论作为理论基础,指导肢体语言的翻译。表面上非言语交际描述的翻译是文本间的翻译,而实质上是两个不同非言语系统之间的转换。本文全面阐述了非言语交际的定义,特征,研究状况并探究了肢体语言翻译中存在的问题：一是缺乏对非言语交际中文化信息的意识;二是忽视了上下文中非言语交际描述的功能。因此,如何提高译者翻译肢体语言时的语境意识是本文的核心。

context in translation. Thus, the author endeavors to probe into the functions of context in translation of body language from the interpretative and restrictive functions.

3.2.2 Interpretative Function

Interpretative function refers to the explanations and illustrations to some language

phenomena in language using. It combines the situations that the event happens with the conditions of surroundings together and offers us a general expression and the prediction of understanding in psychology. To be more concrete, it shows up more choices of understanding and then narrows down the choices according to situation, and then identifies the one that is most suitable.

Abundant examples can be cited to illustrate this function of context to body language

translation. For example:

咦!骑车的小伙子又回来了。陈静心里却紧张起来: “这么晚了，他 ” (吴金良，《醉

人的春夜》)

She watched nervously as the young rider returned a moment later, thinking to herself,

“Oh, dear...it s so dark, what will he…” (Translated by He Zhifan)

“陈静心里却紧张起来” is translated into “she watched nervously”, in which the “watch”

is added to indicate that she keeps watching the young man, fearing that some unpredictable thing might happen. With the added body language, the nervous psychological state becomes more vivid compared with turning it into “she was very nervous”. Occasionally one s body language speaks much louder that one s words. So sometimes we may add some kinetic descriptions to interpret certain words and to make the translated version more expressive.

3.2.3 Restrictive Function

Restrictive function refers to the influence of context on language application and

language study. From the broad sense, this function may influence the whole nature, the human society and the culture. And from the narrow sense, it may influence a sentence, a phrase or even a word.

Restrictive function is one of the major functions of context and also plays an important part in meaning understanding.

The example can be cited to illustrate this function of context to body language

translation. For example: