A Report Of Translation On Science Fiction Of Brave New World(Excerpt)

The thesis is a report on the translation of the science fiction Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.The author translates the first four chapters and completes a translation practical report based on it.Brave New World is one of the most influential science fictions in the twentieth century.In the novel,Huxley attempts to increase people's awareness as people are crazy to chase the advancement of science and technology.Since twentieth Century,science fiction has gradually become one of the mainstream literatures.More scholars have begun to devote their studies to the translation of science fiction.After the exposition of the characteristics of science fiction in this thesis,the author analyzes the source text under the guidance of Guo Jianzhong's three criteria of science fiction translation: literariness,scientificalness,popularity.In order to make the translation complying to the three criteria,the translator applies many translation methods,such as,literal translation,free translation,reorganization and conversion in the process of translation.It provides suggestions for science fiction translation in future.The report consists of four chapters.The first chapter gives an introduction about background and significance of the translation project as well as the structure of the report.The second chapter is a preparation work and it clearly states the whole progress of preparation including collection of materials and the selection of translation tools.The chapter three is a core of the translation report.The author concentrates on the analysis of case study under the guidance of Guo Jianzhong's three criteria of sci-fiction translation.The last chapter summarizes the major findings and limitations of the study in the progress of translation.