A Translation Report On The Big Ones:How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us And What We Can Do About Them(Excerpts)

This is an English-Chinese translation report.The source text is the last two chapters of The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us and What We Can Do About Them,whose author is the famous American seismologist Lucy Jones.These two chapters mainly talk about some of the methods that Japanese and Americans adopted in order to accelerate reconstruction after earthquake and summarize a series of measures to cope with natural disasters,which have great practical significance.The report analyzes the difficulties and the corresponding solutions by case analysis.After a brief introduction to the background and process of the translation,the report provides a detailed analysis of the translation difficulties and the corresponding solutions.The difficulties in this translation practice mainly lie in lexical and syntactic level.In lexical level,the translator adopts the translation techniques of amplification,conversion and extension.In syntactic level,the following five kinds of translation techniques are adopted: division,linear translation,reversing,combination and splitting.In the whole translation process,the translator makes the target text consistent with the source text in feature and meaning so as to create a smooth and appealing translation.At last,the report makes a summary to the experiences and limitations of the translation practice.This translation practice enriches the translation experience of the translator and lays a good foundation for her future study and work.At the same time,it enables the translator to get a further understanding of earthquake and enhances her awareness of earthquake prevention.