A Report On The Translation Of The Best Of Me Under The Guidance Of Communicative Translation Theory

The source text of this translation practice is selected from Nicholas Charles Sparks’best-selling novel——The Best of Me. Sparks is a famous American best-selling writer whose many works have been popular among Chinese readers. The Best of Me is an important novel of Sparks. However, this novel has no Chinese version currently. There is no doubt that the lack of Chinese version will affect the Chinese readers’understanding of the author and his works. Therefore, choosing this novel as a translated text is a meaningful attempt.This is an English-Chinese translation practice report. This translation practice is conducted under the guidance of Newmark’s communicative translation theory. The core of communicative translation theory attempts to produce on its readers an effect as close as possible to that obtained on the readers of the original. In order to attract as many target readers as possible, the best-selling novel focus on the target reader’s response, which is in line with Newmark’s communicative translation theory. Therefore, the communicative translation theory can serve as a theoretical guide beneficial for this translation practice. According to the characteristics of this novel, the translator adopts five translation skills that include division, supplementation, reorganization, conversion and omission to deal with the source text under the instruction of communicative translation theory.Through this translation practice, the translator hopes that a comparatively ideal translation can be offered to Chinese readers who can learn more about Sparks and his works.