A Report On The Translation Of The Creative Process In The Individual (Excerpts)

This is a report on the translation of The Creative Process in the Individual written by Thomas Troward.In this book,Troward elaborates beliefs about cosmology,positive thinking,the law of attraction,healing,life energy,creative imagination and individual power.He also demonstrates how to inspire human potential.It is no doubt that there are many merits in western philosophical wisdom,such kind of positive psychology can never be ignored.Therefore,the translator hopes more and more people will be inspired and experience the glamour of western philosophical wisdom through the reading of this work.The dynamics of psychological science involved in the original text can inspire the readers.Therefore,in order to achieve the appellative function,the author has employed Eugene Nida's functional equivalence theory during the process of translating.What's more,some translation techniques like paraphrases,notes,word meaning extension,word class conversion,embedding and recurrence will be applied at the lexical,syntactic and textual levels.At the same time,as the book is distinguished by its strict logic,the translator will attach more importance to the cohesion and coherence of the target text.Although Nida's functional equivalence theory provides guiding principle,the author has found it's not perfect all the time.Due to the differences existed in value,national culture,religious beliefs and the way of thinking,the translators,acted as the cross-language cultural intermediary,will produce individual difference when he understands the original text,and this kind of individual difference is difficult to eliminate.Given that there are not many translation versions about ethology,this translation can be exposed to more readers in a professional,accurate and smooth way.Like a religious belief,it is hoped that the translated version of the book can provide spiritual support to the readers.Furthermore,it can provide reference for those who study similar works.