Report On English-chinese Translation Of Automotive Aftermarket Training Material

According to American Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association,the automobile aftermarket refers to the spare and accessory parts and services for repair and maintenance after the sale of automobile.The enterprises involved mainly include automobile parts manufacturers,parts and accessories retailers,and auto repair service providers.As one of the leading suppliers of automotive accessory products,the Continental Group enjoys a great reputation of various commercial tires and winter tires for cars and trucks.As the third largest tire manufacturer in the world as well as the largest supplier of auto parts in Europe,Continental Group places great emphasis on its aftermarket services.The source material of this translation report comes from the Introduction and the first two chapters of Service Management Made Simple by Gregory J.Marchand,which aims to provide dealers and retailers with aftermarket training materials.This translation report consists of four chapters.The first chapter is the brief introduction to the whole translation process.The second chapter introduces the background,objectives and significance of this translation practice.Chapter three concerns the process of translation,dealing with preparation,implementation and feedback.Chapter four,the most important one in this report,is case study,where typical examples are picked up and analyzed from lexical and syntactic levels to analyze the language features of the source material and explore appropriate translation methods.It covers terms translation,conversion of part of speech,oral words,and sentence combination and division,conversion of active and passive voice,conversion of positive and negative sentences respectively.The last chapter,as the reflection for the whole translation process,summarizes the problems and solutions of the translation.