A Translation Project Report On Future Crimes (Chapter 4)

This is a translation project based on the book Future Crimes(Chapter 4), a bestseller by the US cybersecurity expert Marc Goodman. With the aid of vivid examples and accurate figures, the book shows that the abuse of high technology is posing a threat to the world and personal and thus brings stern test to the safety of personal and public property, meanwhile putting forward a new subject on how to fight future hi-tech crimes. Chapter 4 mainly deals with how some major internet companies have grown into international behemoths overnight and the profound impacts of their privacy policies on personal data security in today's information era. The translation of this book is not only helpful in providing readers with a more in-depth knowledge of new forms of crimes, but also sounds the alarm that appropriate steps must be taken to ensure a secure future for all.The source text is basically informative and in some ways vocative as well. Therefore, under the guidance of Eugene Nida's functional equivalence, the translator adopts translation methods(like literal translation and free translation) and translation skills(transliteration, conversion, amplification, omission and combination) to deal with many proper nouns and long sentences over the course of translation so as to realize functional equivalence in the process. Moreover, the translator gives a brief introduction to the project and its background and summarizes experience and lessons he has learned.