A Report On The Translation Of Future Crimes:Everything Is Connected,Everyone Is Vulnerable And What We Can Do About It(Chapter 12)

This is a report on the translation of Marc Goodman's masterpiece Future Crimes: Everything is Connected,Everyone is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It.Chapter twelve,When All Things are Hackable,is selected as the source text of this translation project.It introduces the extensive application of the Internet of things,which is widely known as IOT technologies,and listsnumerable examples of how new technologies are used for nefarious purposes while bringing convenience to people so as to remind people to stay alert and ensure security.There is no such kind of book covering comprehensive and profound knowledge of cybersecurity in China.Therefore,the source text is of great importance to be used as the reference.This reporttakes Newmark's semantic translation and communicative translation as the guidance to explore the translation difficulties and methods during the process of translation.As to the translation of terminology,zero translation and transliteration with annotationare adopted.As to the translation of passive voice,the methods of translating the passive voice into active voice and just keeping its passive structure are applied.Finally,the translator summarizes the experience gained duringthe process of translation and problems to be solved.