A Report On The Translation Of Stress-proof: The Scientific Solution To Protect Your Brain And Body And Be More Resilient Every Day (Chapter Two)

This report is based on the translation of Chapter 2 "Bolstering Emotional Regulation",selected from the book Stress-Proof: The Scientific Solution to Protect Your Brain and Body and Be More Resilient Every Day,which is written by Mithu Storoni,a physician and researcher.This book,based on neurobiology,mainly provides several accessible strategies for preventing and dealing with stress,and the source text(ST),Chapter 2,describes ways of bolstering emotion regulation to cope with stress.In the source text,there are many neurology-related terms,metaphors and long sentences,which are difficult to translate.Combining with the characteristics of the source text,and under the guidance of text types and communicative translation,the translator finished the translation by adopting translation skills,such as adopting the established translations for terms,literal translation,free translation,division,restructuring and so on.This report is composed of 5 chapters.Chapter 1 gives a brief introduction to the translation project.Chapter 2 makes an analysis of the source text.Chapter 3 focuses on the translation theory used by the translator.Chapter 4 is about the difficulties the translator encountered in translating and its corresponding solutions.In the last chapter,it summarizes what the translator has gained through the project and problems to be solved.