Approaches Of Translating Career Motivational Bestsellers From The Perspective Of Skopos Theory

Motivational books are quite popular among readers nowadays. The names of such books are commonly seen on the bestseller lists from the major online and traditional bookstores. Therefore, the discussion of approaches for translating career motivational books is practical and meaningful for translators. The main goals for career motivational books are to encourage the readers to learn from the successful figures in business world and pursue their own career goals, and so are the translators’ goals. It is important to discuss the translation approaches which can serve the realization of the translation goals.By studying the real cases in the translation of Lean In: Women, Workand the Will to Lead, this paper means to discuss the instructiveness of the Skopos theory. The conclusion of this paper is that the Skopos theory is practically instructive in translating career motivational books. The translators can realize the translation goals by careful choice of words, transformation of sentence structure and notice of passage cohesion.