A Report On Translation Of Killer Investment Banking Resumes

With the frequent and extensive global exchange, domestic job seekers, especially those college graduates with economic background, have shifted their attention to the job vacancy in international company in recent year. The importance of a good resume cannot be stressed enough for job application in the already cut-throat competition of job-hunting, Whether you are just entering the workforce, making a lateral career move or considering a career change, it is key to get your one foot in the target company. However, for domestic readers, at present the translation of pragmatic guidance books widely published and acclaimed in western countries is still far from satisfaction. Killer Investment Banking Resumes! is exactly tailored to serve the special needs of job hunters who are having problem writing a perfect resume for investment banking to get started.This report starts with an introduction of the project, providing a glance at the background information of the book, the publisher and the Skopos theory. And then it moves on to give a panoramic description of the translation task in chapter two, including the preparation before translation and revision after translation, the former is devoted to an analysis of the original text type and its target reader. Chapter three connects specific examples selected from my translation to the four translation strategies, i.e., addition, omission, conversion and adaptation to analyze which one of the two versions is a more appropriate translation from the perspective of Skopos theory. The thesis concludes with an exploration of the pros and cons of the translation methods that are applied to my translation/revision process, stressing the flexibility in adopting different translation techniques for future study.