A Report On The Translation Of A Brief History Of Death (Chapter3and4) By Douglas·J·Davies

The book A Brief History of Death by Douglas·J·Davies is on western deathhistory from the perspectives of religion, theology and sociology. Its translation,therefore, can serve as a good reference for both Chinese scholars who research onreligion and thanatology, and general readers who wish to better understand westerncultures and values. During the translation process, the translator mainly adoptedFunctional Equivalence Theory put forward by American translation theorist EugeneA. Nida, especially his methods of restructuring the original form and structure inorder to get the best translation. Moreover, the translator managed to generalize sometranslating tips of long sentences and point out some issues that should be paidattention to in translation of social science text.