A Report On The Translation Of Food Security, Food Prices And Climate Variability

This is a translation practice report. The original text, Food Security, Food Prices and Climate Variability, was published by the British Routledge. Its writer is the famous American researcher Molly E. Brown. Based on part of the translation in first chapter of this book, the translator has completed this report.It is the report and summary of specific situations of the translation practice. This report has five parts, including the introduction, the translation task description, the translation process description, the translation theory and the case analysis as well as the conclusion. In the first part, introduction briefly states the translation task, the reasons for the translation and the problems that the translator will encounter in the translation process. In the second part, translation task description roughly summarizes the characteristics of the original text as well as the translation requirements that the translator should follow. In the third part, translation process description introduces the process of translating this book, including the understanding of the original text, the translation choices of strategy, the execution of translation and so on. In the fourth part, case analysis introduces the application of adaptation and selection as well as some other translation strategies and ways in the translation practice. In the fifth part, it summarizes harvest and deficiency in the translation practice.Writing this report, the translator has taken adaptation and selection in the ecological translation as the theory basis as well as learns many translation ways and skills to summarize and analyze the translation strategies on vocabulary and syntax in the popular science work. Through this translation practice, the translator has understood that the application of some translation ways and skills. In some extent, this has improved the translation level of the translator. This practice has offered the guidance on translating popular science works.