A Report On The Translation Of Land Use And The Carbon Cycle Advances In Integrated Science,Management,and Policy(Chapter Five)

This is a report on the translation of Land Use and the Carbon Cycle Advances in Integrated Science,Management,and Policy which is a scientific text published in 2013.This book shares new approaches,concepts,theories,and knowledge about land use and carbon cycle.It describes the links between politics,economics,ecosystems,and land use and land management,as well as how they affect carbon flux and carbon in terrestrial ecosystems.The translator selects Chapter Five to translate and gives a detailed description of the translation task,including an introduction to the book,and the reasons for selecting the source text,as well as significance and objective of the translation task.The translator records the whole process of translation,from the preparation to proofreading.In the preparation part,the translator takes many things into consideration,such as tools and resource for understanding the source text.Also,the translator introduces difficulties she encountered at lexical,syntactical,and textual level in the process.The translator analyzes how to deal with term-translation,abbreviations translation,long sentence translation and passive voice translation.The translator then illustrates how to achieve discourse cohesion and coherence in translation.In the end,the translator summarizes what she has learned in the understanding,translating and proofreading process.The translator hopes this report can help herself improve the translation quality in the future practice and provide something useful for other translators.