A Report On The Translation Of The Fall And Rise Again Of Plantations In Tropical Asia:History Repeated?

As the cornerstone of national economy,agriculture plays a significant role in social harmony and stability.Since the Second World War,many countries have begun to develop tropical agriculture.As the only tropical province in China,Hainan Province has unique advantages in developing tropical agriculture.The source text,The Fall and Rise of Plantations in Tropical Asia:History Repeated?,is an agriculture paper written by Derek Byerlee who is working as deputy director in the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in World Bank.It introduces the rise and fall of large plantations in Asian tropics and analyzes the driving factors behind from the perspective of economy,politics and ideology.In this report,the translator analyzes the language and stylistic features of the source text under the guidance of Newmark's Text Typology theory.Furthermore,following semantic translation and communicative translation,the translator strives to convey the original content faithfully and accurately,and achieve an acceptable and appropriate version.This report consists of five chapters.The first chapter is the introduction which focuses on the background of the project,task description and significance.The second chapter discusses preparation work,during-translation and proof-reading stage.The third chapter introduces translation theory:text typology theory,semantic translation and communicative translation.The fourth chapter selects typical cases from lexical,syntactic and textual level,and uses specific translation techniques to achieve an optimization version of the translation texts under the guidance of the theory and translation strategies.The fifth chapter is the conclusion,summarizing the gains and limitations in this translation practice,which provides references for future translation activities in related fields.