A Translation Project Report On A Description Of Greenland (Excerpts)

This is an English-Chinese translation project report.This source text for this project is composed of eight chapters excerpted from A Description of Greenland written by Hans Egede,a Danish writer.These eight chapters elaborately describe the unique natural environment and cultural customs of Greenland in northern Europe,With the continuous development of globalization,people are becoming more interested in the economy and culture of other countries and the popular science reading has become an important tool for better understanding the world.As a popular science text,A Description of Greenland is simple,plain,precise and logical in its expressions.What's more,it is of great interest in terms of content.Hence,the translation of such a text can help Chinese readers favoring geography learn about the unique natural environment and cultural customs of Greenland.Given that the source text for this translation project,as a popular science text features being scientific,popular and interesting,the translator adopts the English translator Alexander Fraser Tytler's;"the Principles of Translation"as the theoretical guidance for this translation project.Besides,the translator employs such translation techniques as amplification,omission and conversion to solve the difficulties encountered in the process of translation.These difficulties mainly include the translation of some special words,phrases and long sentences.Through the accomplishment of this translation project,the translator realizes that good translation requires a deep understanding of the source text as well as a better mastery of the target language,both of which need reading and knowledge accumulation on a daily basis.