A Translation Project Report Of The Electoral College: An Overview And Analysis Of Reform Proposals

This is a translation project report on The Electoral College: An Overviewand Analysis of Reform Proposals by L. Paige Whitaker and Thomas H. Neale, ofwhich Chapter1,3and4is the source text. The source text focuses on theintroduction to the Electoral College system of U.S. presidential election anddiscussion on reform proposals. This report consists of four chapters:1) ProjectComponents, consisting of the background of the project, objectives of the project,the introduction to the chapters chosen, significance of the project and layout of thereport.2) Introduction to the background of the source text, including introductionto the original text, the general information of the source text, the contents of thesource text, the structure of the source text, the features of the language used andthe introduction to the authors.3) Translation Difficulties and Skills, includingtranslation difficulties, translation preparations, translation skills, and the examplesthat can explain the translation methods and skills used in the process of translation.4) Conclusion, including the experiences from the project, lessons from theprojects and problems for further study.