On The Translation Of Environment Studies From The Perspective Of George Steiner’s Fourfold Translation Motion Theory

This thesis is an analysis of the translation of the article named ’Our Only Heaven’: Nature Veneration, Quest Religion, and Pro-Environment Behavior written by Bernard Daley Zaleha and published on Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature & Culture, 2013. The article is a study on Western religion and environmental protection(ecological). Utilizing the Pure Pantheism, Dualistic Theism, Nihilistic Atheism sacrality scale as a heuristic, Bernard surveys sociological, social psychological studies assessing whether people’s values and religious worldviews affect the likelihood of pro-environment behavior, and he proves that nature veneration is predictive of pro-environmental behavior. For doing a better translation, the author of this thesis has to work harder, and it is necessary to have a case study of the translated work in terms of the issues and solutions. The author hopes that this thesis could offer some helpful tips to guide the similar translation practice.This thesis is divided into four chapters. The First Chapter is about the origin of the task, including translation background and theoretical basis. The contents of the text and Steiner’s translation theory are briefly introduced in this part. The Second Chapter is the implementation of the task, including the whole process of implementation, difficulties emerged and solutions. Chapter Three is the core of this paper---the case studies. In this part, how the translation is guided under the “Fourfold Translation Motion” of the Hermeneutics is expounded by way of examples. Chapter Four is the conclusion which focuses on the understanding and limitations of this translation task.