A Report On E-C Translation Of The Political Responsibilities Of The Scholar

This essay is a translation report.The source text is The Political Responsibilities of The Scholar which reveals the responsibilities of the scholar as creating new ways of speaking to resist power by analyzing the relationship of discourse to power.Many examples and rhetorical terms are used in the original text.On the basis of language function,Newmark divided texts into three types,namely expressive,informative,and vocative.He pointed out that different texts applied different translation strategies.Under the guidance of Newmark's theory,the report finds that the source text is both expressive and informative.Thus the translation strategy of semantic translation and communicative translation should be employed in translating the source text.In the perspective of semantic translation,many translation skills are summed up to ensurer the accuracy of the translated text.Translation skills are also concluded to make the translated version coherent and easy to understand in the perspective of communicative translation.The report finds that translation strategies can be decided by the function of sentences.The translation of examples and professional expressions must be accurate,which can be conducted with the strategy of semantic translation.Other informative sentences that aim to make the information acceptable ought to be translated with the strategy of communicative translation.Under the guidance of semantic translation and communicative translation strategy,some feasible translating skills have been brought up in the report in order to provide possible help for the translation of other academic texts.