A Practice Report On Chinese Translation Of The Long Sentences In Breast Cancer Survival Manual

In recent years,the morbidity rate of breast canceramong females keeps rising in China,so the demanding for books about the basic knowledge of breast cancer and its treatment has become increasinglyhighlighting its importance.The Breast Cancer Survival Manual has great influence in America,as it is a best seller among women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.The report is focusedon the translation of long sentences in this book,the characteristics of language in whichare exactness,objectiveness and logic.All these characteristics are reflected in sentence structures,such as many long sentences,complex sentence structure,making translation more difficult.The translation problems of long sentences in the book are classified as: simple long sentences problem,compound long sentences problem,complex long sentences problem,compound complex sentences problem.The targeted solutionstrategies are: sequencing,reversing,splitting,recasting.The former three are frequently used,the last one for sentences that can’t be translated withonly one method.As the report reveals,in order to make the translation accurate and logical,a translator should have an all-round understanding of the language features of the translation materials,in terms of lots of medical terms in this book,the translator needs to use medical dictionary and the papers of professionals in breast cancer,and other translation tools to achieve accuracy.Only through a full understanding of the texts can a translator master the linguistic characteristics,and insight the translation between English and Chinese.He should pay attention to pre-translation and arrange every aspect of the translation projects properly and logically,make the translation conforms to the expression of the target population.It is expected that the report offers some reference for popularizing the knowledge of breast cancer in our country.