A Report On The Translation Of The New American Revolution:The Making Of A Populist Movement(Excerpts)

The New American Revolution: The Making of a Populist Movement is chosen as the source text of this translation report.The book presents a variety of people and events related to the American Election 2016 as well as reflects some social issues being available in the country.Moreover,many news reports and people’s views are illustrated in the book.With the support of relevant background knowledge and translation theories and techniques,the translator analyzes the key and difficult points of the source text according to its features and style.The report mainly includes six chapters.The first chapter gives a brief introduction to the translation work.The second chapter discusses the translation theory that the translator adopted.The third chapter is the description of the translation task in detail which includes the reasons for the task and text analysis.The fourth chapter is the description of the translation process,containing preparations before translation,specific translation process and the final quality assurance.The fifth chapter is the core part of the translation report,discussing the translation of reporting verbs,long and difficult sentences and the translation methods on dash,presenting the translation strategies and analysis.The last chapter is conclusion,reviewing the entire practice report and analyzing the gains and limitations in this translation practice.