| Big data has obtained much attention from foreign governments and various fields in recent years.Documents about big data also have been published from 2012 to 2016 in foreign countries.Big data are also used in various fields in foreign countries such as finance,agriculture,medicare,city planning,aviation,intelligent transportation and so on.And China has made attempts and achievements in the field of big data.However,with the penetration of big data and the flourishing of shared economy,China is facing challenges in the development of big data.Therefore,translating texts about big data can provide references for Chinese policymakers and governments to research and develop big data,and also can popularize the importance of big data to the public and help the public to notice the existence of big data in daily life and economic development.The report is on translating the extracts from an informative text:We are Big Data:The Future of the Information Society.It introduces the advantages,disadvantages and popularity of big data in current society,and explores ways to collect,organize and analyze big data.In this book,the importance of big data is proved by many examples.The book also illustrates how to deal with the negative impact posed by big data.It covers one billion words with ten chapters.The author extracted three chapters to translate,they are chapter nine,ten and eleven,which covers twelve thousand words.Chapter nine explains the big data provides another way for citizens to supervise the government,and shows cases that the law legs behind the development of the society and technology.It also presents some problems caused by the development of big data.Chapter ten lists the big data system that impacts our decision-making,such as navigation system,Cronus effect and Google etc.Chapter eleven introduces the formation and analysis model of big data.And how people should deal with the big data and how to protect their privacy in the transparent society.This report is composed of four parts.The first part explains the task,including the background and the significance of translating this extract;it also introduces the source text and the theory used to guide this translation practice.The Skopos Theory is chosen by the author according to the analysis of the source text and functions about the scientific text.The second part is about the translating process,which covers preparations before translation,problems confronted during translation and proofreading after translation.In the third part,the author mainly analyzes the difficulties encountered in translation and the translation methods employed.In this part,the author uses various ways to translate words,sentences and paragraphs.The last part is summary and reflection on the translation practice.The author need to practice more and make improvements in the future translation practice. |
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