Translation Practice Report On Maritime Safety Committee Conference Report Summary

The decision made by Maritime Safety Committee has a great effect on the ocean development of the world. To bring the decisions to the Chinese public in time is critical for the ocean development of China. The conference of Maritime Safety Committee is known as being intensive, informative and professional. The conference report of Maritime Safety Committee is long and full of technical terms. Thus, it requires the translators to flexibly transfer the core information and put it in a clear order.This thesis discusses the author’s translation of the conference report of Maritime Safety Committee which has over10,000words. In the thesis, the author elaborates on how to select the core information and turn it into Chinese as well as how to edit a long English report into a concise Chinese one. In terms of selecting information, the author explains it by selecting words, sentences, and paragraphs. As to editing an English report, the author focuses on restructuring a passage, integrating information and summarizing information. This thesis also displays the problems the author came across in the translation in the hope of providing suggestions to the future translation.