A Report On Translation Of Research For Development—A World Bank Perspective On Future Directions For Research

This translation report is based on the translation of policy research working paper no.5437from the World Bank Development Economics Senior Vice Presidency------Research for Development------A World Bank Perspective on Future Directions for Research. It is selected from the World Bank's official website. And it is about the outlook of the World Bank for global economy's future research directions, including three main parts:history of development research at the World Bank; priorities for future development research and implementation in a changing world.This report is divided into five chapters:The first chapter mainly introduces reasons for selecting this topic, objectives of this project and structure of this report. The second chapter is about preparations before the translation, including quick reading before the translation, analysis of the source text and translation tools. The third chapter involves translation process, including writing the first draft, proofreading and revising the translation and completing the final draft. The fourth chapter is the key part of this report, and it mainly introduces the difficulties and solutions in the translation. The solutions include proofreading and revising, interpretive or complementary translation, reasonable division and reconstruction and application of Chinese proverbs and idioms. The fifth chapter is a conclusion, including enlightenments from the translation, unsolved problems and suggestions for further studies.The report is a review and summary for this translation practice. I hope this report is valuable for the English-Chinese translation of similar texts.