A Report On The Translation Of The Excellence Dividend: Meeting The Tech Tide With Work That Wows (Chapter 7-8 )

This is a report on the translation of The Excellence Dividend: Meeting the Tech Tide with Work that Wows(Chapter 7-8)by Tom Peters,of which chapter 7 “Tech Tsunami,White-collar Apocalypse,the New Moral Imperative” and chapter 8 “Job Security in an Insecure world” are the source texts.Chapter 7 lays down the law,that is,your principal moral obligation as a leader is to develop the skill set of every one of the people in your charge to the maximum extent of your abilities.Chapter 8 turns to the individual's mandate or opportunity.This chapter offers us an offensive strategy to build exciting lives that in fact takes full advantage of the new technology.The translator,guided by Skopos Theory,employs literal and free translation strategies as well as three translation methods,including reversing,conversion and amplification.In the process of translation,the translator strives to faithfully convey the information of the source text,and pay attention to the understanding of the target language readers at the same time so that this business book written for American readers can also be applied to the modern China with rapid development and advanced science and technology.Although the translator has made a lot of preparations for the report,labored a lot and spent much time in the process of translation,she still encounters some cross-professional and cross-cultural difficulties.However,the translator has recognized the important role of translation theory in guiding translation practice in the process of translation.