A Report On The Translation Of The French Revolution Debate And The British Novel,1790-1814(Chapter One)

The first chapter of The French Revolution Debate and the British Novel,1790-1814 by Morgan Rooney constitutes the source text of this translation report.This chapter describes different views on the French Revolution set in Glorious Revolution of Edmund Burke(Conservative),Richard Price(Reformist)and James Mackintosh(Reformist).These three thinkers launch a fierce debate on the French Revolution in the form of their representative works—Reflections on the Revolution in France,Discourse on the Love of Our Country,and Vindicia Gallica respectively.The translation report mainly consists of four parts.The first part is a brief description of the translation.It mainly includes the material source,the author,his work and the significance of this material.Having a significant impact on the whole process of mankind,the French Revolution deserves considerate studying;the following part is translation process.A great deal of preparation before translation is the basis of translation.The difficulties in the process of translation will be the focus of the post examination and case analysis.After first draft,other classmates' text checking and revision help the author finalize the text;the core of this translation practice report lies in the third part,which is translation case analysis.Selecting from the translation text at three levels of lexical terms,syntax and cultural backgrounds,the author makes specific analysis combining with the text cases to show her translation ideas;the conclusion is stated in the fourth part.It describes a meticulous retrospect and summary of translation process as well as a summary of translation experience to guide the future translation.