Analysis And Integrated Technique Deployment In Musician Biography Translation-Translation Report On Beethoven His Life&Music

The task of translating a Musician Biography was challenging by all means, for scarcely any research result are in place for reference even at present. The translator, however, believed that through Analysis and integrated strategy deployment, she could get as close as she can to the promised land of translation.As a biography of Beethoven and review of his music, the source text’s writing style is formal, its language refined and rich in music terms. Taken into consideration the historicity and literariness of Musician Biography as well as the difference between Chinese and Western biography, the translator set the benchmark for the target text as faithful, subjective and elegant.The translator, upon accepting the challenge, carried out intensive preparation including background knowledge expansion, proactive task analysis by deciphering the client and target audience’s expectation, source text wording, designed purpose and beyond. The translator developed a three-step process to identify the exact meaning of the source text through Analysis regarding original text comprehension.In light of the target readers’ role as per relevance theory and aesthetic reception, the translator adopted flexible translation techniques and integrated them in the strategic deployment during the fieldwork. Macro strategies including literal and liberal translation, domestication and foreignization were interwoven in the translation process, allowing for leeway. Micro translation techniques adopted include division, combination conversion, amplification, omission and complementary note, all presented in the case study of phrase, short and long sentences handling.Online research is added to strengthen both Analysis and delivery in the backdrop of information age.Highlighted problems include how to handle music terms and how to interpret and convey the delicate feeling brought by music. Major takeaways are in the following aspects, namely translation techniques, wording and expression refinement, portrait of protagonist, knowledge base expansion and inspiration for life.