A Report On The Translation Of Chapter10of The Great Santini

This report is based on the English-Chinese translation of chapter10of the novel The Great Santini. So far, there has been no Chinese version of this book. The author of the book Pat Conroy is not popular with Chinese readers.By reading and analyzing the novel, the author selects chapter10containing family conflicts and rich language to translate. In the process of translating, translatability limitation has caused translation loss. However, compensation is an effective way to make up for loss in translation.The report consists of five parts. Chapter1is the introduction, mainly presenting the background, purpose and significance of the project report. In chapter2, the background and the main contents of the original text and its author are described. Chapter3mainly introduces two aspects of compensation theory: existential reasons and classification at home and abroad. Chapter4first explores translation preparatory work, then focuses on the difficulties encountered in translating, and then how to adopt compensation in linguistic aspect, aesthetic aspect and cultural aspect during the translation illustrated with examples. Chapter5concludes with a summary of experience and lessons learned by the author. In addition, several insufficiencies should be improved in the future.