A Report On The Translation Of The Product Manager’s Desk Reference By Stenen Haines

This is a translation project report on Chapter One and Chapter Two of TheProduct Manager’s Desk Reference. The author of the book is Steven Haines, anexpert in product management. This book is an instructive textbook on productmanagement. The book is formal and precise in writing style and involves a greatdeal of management theories. In the process of the translation project, PeterNewmark ’s Communicative Translation theory is employed as the guide to devisethe translation strategy according to the specific characteristics of the source text.This report records the process of the translation project and analyzes thedifficulties and strategies in the translation from the level of text, sentence and wordrespectively. On the text level, the book involves many management theories, whichare difficult to understand for non-professionals. Translators can refer to professionalbooks and parallel texts for the knowledge. On the sentences level, some sentences ofthis book are excessively long; passive voice is frequently employed in the sentences;and post-modifiers are common. To make the translated work more acceptable forChinese readers, translator shall use translation skills and strategies under thedirection of Communicative Translation. On the word level, there are a great deal ofmanagement terms in this book. To translate the terms correctly, translators couldconsult professional reference books. Translators are suggested to translate theEnglish synonyms that indicate the same thing as the same words in Chinese to avoidambiguity. Besides, conversion of part of speech is necessary in the translation.By presenting the process of the translation project and summarizing majordifficulties and solutions, this thesis aims to provide some reference and advice forsimilar translation projects in the future.