A Translation Report On Methodology Of Western Translation Studies Since The 1970s(Chapter 8 And Chapter 9)

The translation material is selected from Methodology of Western Translation Studies Since the 1970s(Chapter 8 and Chapter 9).This academic book was written by Li Heqing,Bo Zhenjie and Huang Hao and has no Chinese version.The translator is mainly responsible for translating studies on machine translation and interpreting studies.The theoretical basis of this translation report is Peter Newmark's text typology.Most content of Methodology of Western Translation Studies Since the 1970 s is informative text according to text typology of Peter Newmark,while some content is expressive.The translation strategies adopted in this report are communicative translation and semantic translation.There are five parts in this report: the first part introduces the background and significance of this translation project;the second part makes an introduction to the ST,including authors,content,type and analysis to ST;the third part states the theoretical basis adopted in this report,i.e.text typology,communicative translation and semantic translation;the fourth part introduces the process of translation and expounds the translation techniques from lexical,syntactic,cultural and discourse level,that is omission,amplification,extension,conversion,division,combination,passive and active sentences transformation and inversion,etc.,and the last part is the conclusion of this translation practice.The value of this translation report lies in that the version of Methodology of Western Translation Studies Since the 1970 s can help those who do research on translation or those who are interested in translation better understand machine translation and interpreting studies.In addition,it is hoped that the translator could have a clearer understanding of the history of both machine translation and interpreting studies,and improve translation skills through the translation practice of Methodology of Western Translation Studies Since the 1970 s.