A Translation Report On Asian American History And Culture: An Encyclopedia

Asian American History and Culture: An Encyclopedia was issued under the general editorship of Huping Ling—an expert of Asian Americans studies. The author introduces the history and culture of Asian Americans from their origins to the current social status in the United States.The translator selects three parts of the book to fulfill the translation work, including introduction of Japanese Americans, Korean Americans, Indian Americans, Laotian and Hmong Americans. In this translation report: the translator adopts the Cohesion Theory of Halliday?s Systemic Functional Grammar to guide the translation work. The translator tries to apply the Cohesion Theory to solve the difficulties in translating process.The report includes three chapters: The first chapter introduces the translation work, such as the author, the main content and linguistic features of the source text. Preparations and translation procedure are also mentioned in the first chapter. The second chapter is case analysis. And the third chapter is the report summary. It summarizes the experience and unsolved problems in the translation work.