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A Report On Translation Of Teaching And Learning In The Language Classroom (Chapter7)

Posted on:2015-04-02Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2285330431466001Subject:English translation
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This is a translation project report based on the translation of chapter seven“Listening” of the book Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom written by TriciaHedge. In this chapter, Tricia talks from the perspective of the teacher and the learnerrespectively about how to study listening in the English language curriculum.The report is mainly divided into four parts. The author firstly introduces thebackground and significance of the project and the layout of the report briefly. In the next part,there is the introduction to the author of the source text Tricia, the analysis of the source textand the translation strategy “domestication” and “foreignization” that are used to guide thetranslating process, which is chosen based on the characteristics of the language and thecontent of the source text. The author analyzes the translating process from the perspective ofwords, sentences and discourses by illustrating typical examples extracted from the translation.The difficulties during translation, for instance term translation, long-sentence translation andthe translation of words with multiple meanings, are also discussed in details.In sum, through this translation project the author has the chance to experience howhard the job of translating is, thus having a deeper understanding of the job. In the meantime,the author also comes to realize that there are issues remain to be solved. To illustrate, bothChinese and English language skills of the author need to be improved and translationremains to be polished. Besides, while modifying the translation, the author needs to be morecareful in aspects of word choice and mistakes correction.
Keywords/Search Tags:Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom, translation report, domestication, foreignization
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