In the terms of equivalence of meaning, correspondence of style, correspondence of grammatical form and dynamic equivalence, the theory was analyzed and its use in English-Chinese/Chinese-English was discussed.

Based on Newmark s theory of invariant elements , Fryes symbol theory and Nida s principle of dynamic equivalence , the thesis illustrates the clashes between paraphrasing translation and image equivalence-- "paraphrasing translation" not only changes the images of the original poem, but also violates other basic translation theories.

By analyzing the English translations of The Zither and the shortcomings of hermeneutic standpoint in translating classical Chinese poetry which advocates the plurality of interpretations,this paper puts forward that the method of image equivalence should be applied to the translation of classical Chinese poetry in order to maintain the artistic effect and the aesthetic space of the original poem.

This thesis is a tentative study of intention equivalence in translation from the perspective of adaptation theory of pragmatics for the purpose of investigating a way out of the dilemma of translation.