A Report On The Translation Of Riding The Iron Rooster: By Train Through China By Paul Theroux (Chapter5)

This is a translation report on the fifth chapter named The Fast Train to Cantonfrom Riding The Iron Rooster: By Train Through China by Paul Theroux.This book isa travel notes, which describes the author traveled through China by train, intenselyinteresting.This report is divided into four parts:1) Project Component, consisting ofthe background of the project, objectives of the project, significance of the project,and layout of the report.2) The Source Text, consisting of the introduction to the STauthor, the general information of the ST, the main contents of ST, the evaluation ofthe stylistic and lexical feature of the ST.3) Translation Difficulties andMethodologies,including translation difficulties, translation preparations, translationmethodologies, and some examples that can explain the translation methods used inthe translation process.