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。

Chapter Two Concept of Body Language and Review of Its Translation

In the social interaction，when we converse with others we communicate by not only the

words. According to Valdes, there are three classes of nonverbal behavior—body language object language and environmental language; and body language includes movement，gesture, posture，facial expression，gaze，touch and distancing(1986). By our expressions，gestures and other body movements we send messages to those around us. And we have found that there is no body motion or gesture that can be regarded as a universal symbol. In order to make successful exchange in cross-cultural communication, we should know the body language from different cultures. And we should realize that body language, like verbal communication and culture, also has many similarities all over the world.

2.1 Definition of Body Language

There have been a great number of scholars who tried to give scientific definitions to

body language. An easily comprehensible definition given by Miller is that: “Body language is not a language in the strict sense of the world language . It is to express how one feels by one s sitting, standing, moving etc, rather than by words. In other words, body languages are those body actions for face movements to transmit or help transmit messages between people.” Steven A. Beebe, Susan J. Beebe and Mark V Redmond gave a concise definition of kinetics (body language). They proposed that body language is the study of human movement and gestures. (Steven A. Beebe, Susan J. Beebe and Mark V Redmond, 1999, p.220)

From the definitions above, body language can be defined both in a broad sense and in a

narrow sense. In a broad sense, it refers to all the nonverbal language used in human nonverbal communication, including both body language in the narrow sense and paralanguage. In a narrow sense, the term “body language” refers only to gesture, posture and manner of the body movement, including facial expression, eye-contact and so on. To fulfill the special purpose of this thesis, I prefer the definition of body language in its narrow sense.

2.2 Characteristics of Body Language

According to some researchers abroad, in people s daily life, nonverbal communication

takes part over 65% in all of information exchange. And body language is an important part of