A Report On The Translation Of The Promise: President Obama, Year One

The Promise: President Obama, Year One is written by Jonathan Alter, a famousauthor and journalist in America, describing Obama’s first year administration in theWhite House. In it, Alter describes the many challenges Obama confronted during thistime: the plunging economy, getting Healthcare Reform passed and the war inAfghanistan. Mr. Alter uses his unique access to the White House, integratingjournalism with history, offering us vividly the inside look at the top decision-makingprocess and the operation mechanism of the44thUS government.Jonathan Alter, the most respectable news reporter and historian. He takesadvantages of his unique understanding of the White House, applying his brilliantcombination of journalism and history to demonstrate the difficult situation Obamahad been through at first in office. This offers the fresh reporting and acuteperspective on the biggest story of our time. The impact of the Obama presidency andthe inner operation mechanism of the White House will be shaped.The Promise: President Obama, Year One was firstly published by Simon&Schusterin2011. This report is an analysis of the common problems existing in the translationprocess of Jonathan Alter’s book The Promise: President Obama, Year One based onthe lexical translation and syntactic translation. For each theory, several examples aregiven along with its detailed analysis so as to reflect on the translation problems in arational manner. Then confusion is brought up about how to strike a balance betweenformal equivalence and functional equivalence. Finally, the report is trying to bringabout some thoughts on the translation of similar texts.