A Report On The Translation Of Hacking Health:How To Make Money And Save Lives In The Health Tech World(Excerpts)

Hacking Health: How to Make Money and Save Lives in the HealthTech World gives a systematic and comprehensive introduction to how to create and implement a health technology project.The author of the book is an experienced physical therapist with a Ph.D.in Neuroscience,and his book is very authoritative.The translation of this English book helps to introduce the development of health industry in the west to Chinese readers and deepen their understanding of the health industry.Therefore,it is possible to bring the potentialities of this industry into full play and improve the quality of life and health.This translation report is mainly composed of four parts.The first part is task description,which introduces the great importance,the source and the author of the translation material and the content.The second part is translation procedures,which mainly includes the preparations before the translation,the difficulties the translator meets and the revision after the translation.The third part,as the core of this report,is case studies,which mainly analyze some sentences in the original text on the level of lexis,syntax and discourse.The last part is summary,which summarizes some reflections and experiences in the translation practice.By writing this report,the translator not only knows more about the difficulties of translation work,but also has a deeper understanding of the professional skills and accomplishments that translators should have.To become a qualified translator,the author needs to enrich her background knowledge and have a good command of both Chinese and English.