A Report On The Translation Of Cyber Threat! How To Manage The Growing Risk Of Cyber Attacks(Excerpts) Under The Guidance Of Information Theory

This is an English-Chinese translation practice of an excerpt from a popular science writing called Cyber Threat! How to Manage the Growing Risk of Cyber Attacks by American cyber security analyst MacDonnell Ulsc.The report explores the application of information theory in translation.The original text belongs to popular science writing,which has enormous specialized terms,covers a wide range of subjects and mixes with both linguistic and non-linguistic difficulties.Therefore,the translator should use translation techniques to transmit the original information to the target readers without too much loss.This report,on the basis of expounding characteristics of the original text,focuses on the three situations in translation,including information default,information redundancy and information disorder.By applying such translation techniques as addition,deletion and adjustment,the report aims at reducing the influence of "noises" on translation,balancing the amount of information as well as caring for the feelings of the target readers.As a result,the original information can be transmitted faithfully.This report discusses the feasibility of applying information theory into the translation of popular science writings.Moreover,under the guidance of information theory,the author of this report discusses problems in the translation separately,analyzes the characteristics of popular science writing and explores the feasibility of information theory in the translation of popular science writing.This translation practice makes the author of the report aware of the importance of interdisciplinary research in translation and improves his translation ability.