A Translation Report On The Big Picture:On The Origins Of LIFE,MEANING,and The UNIVERSE ITSELF(Excerpts)

With more than 16,000 words,the original text of the translation in the translation report comes from The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life,Meaning and the Universe Itself.The author of the book presents with scientific findings in front of readers a big picture that may impress readers.Meanwhile,the author turns to think the meaning of life in a philosophical way.This report reviews the translating process mainly through pre-translation preparations and analyses of cases.In pre-translation preparations,the translator discusses the features of the original text through text analysis to understand better of the source text.Then,the translator puts some proper nouns and terminologies in tables to set standard for relevant translation,introduces the main tools and resources that may be useful,and presents the key and difficult points in translation.In analyses of cases,the translator discusses firstly on the translation of the title;then,the translator discusses the translation of proper nouns and terminologies with the help of parallel texts and data analysis;finally,the translator discusses the translation of long sentences by syntactic strategies.In the end,the translator finds out,that the pre-translation can enhance the translator's understanding of the source text,help the translator figure out the key and difficult points and relevant solutions,and that the review of translation could help the translator greatly improve the quality of translation.Hence,the translator delivers the conclusion on his loss and gain in such translation program,followed by some suggestions for future translation practice,which could be helpful for the translator to understand better of translation and deliver better in translation.In the meantime,the translator also hopes that this translation report could bring some lesson for translation of texts with same or similar features.