A Report On The Translation Of Primer Of Logic (Excerpts)

Logic is both a science and an art,the theme of which is to think clearly and efficiently.It helps people to improve logical thinking skills.He who loses the logical thinking abilities will lose the innovative soul capable of thinking independently.At present,many logic books in China are abstract and obscure in content,and most of the target groups are readers who have certain professional knowledge,lacking the connection with the social effect.Primer of Logic is precisely a popular introductory book on logic with concise and vivid words.It provides readers with relatively systematic knowledge and examples,in order that the readers can have a better understanding of logic.The translation of this book into Chinese can enrich the research ideas of domestic logic and promote the steady development of this discipline.It coincides with the core idea of the current domestic logic that logic is connected with practice and social reality.The translation project takes Primer of Logic as the translation text which is a typical and informative social science text.With the help of Nida’s functional equivalence theory,the translator analyses the translation processes of logical terminology,polysemy,long sentences and impersonal subject sentence on the basis of personal translation practice,puts forward the translation methods and strategies of social science texts,and aims to achieve natural expression in the target language.