A Report On Translation Of Translation And Gender:Translating In The ’Era Of Feminism’(Chapters 3,5 And 6)

The book,Translation and Gender-Translating in the ’Era of Feminism’,is written by Luise Von Flotow and published by Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press in 2004.The author is a literary translator and professor herself.The main contents of the book range from the historical background of women’s movement,the origin of the cultural concept of "gender",and the impact that feminism has on translation to the future research perspectives of the relations between translation and gender.Recommended by the translator’s supervisor,Chapter Three,Five and Six are translated by the translator.Chapter Three focuses on the analysis of the theoretical issues raised after the combination of translation and gender.The author puts forward ideas that gender consciousness in the translation process will redefine the "identity" of a translator and that female translation should reveal the existence of“self’.Chapter Five lays stresses on the criticisms on the feminist approach to translation study.In Chapter Six,the author presents her opinions on the future perspectives toward the study of translation and gender.The translator draws her theoretical foundations of the translation report from the Typology Theory put forward by Peter Newmark.Translation and Gender-Translating in the ’Era of Feminism’ belongs to informative text after the translator’s understanding and analysis.Therefore,according to Peter Newmark’s classification,communicative translation is adopted in translating the text.The translation practice report is made up of six parts,namely,the introduction to the translation project,the introduction to the source text,the translation process,the theoretical framework,the case analysis and the translation summary.