A Report On The Translation Of The Excerpt From Rising Star:The Growth Of Barack Obama

This thesis is based on part contents of the book—Rising Star: The Growth of Barack Obama written by David Gallo,a famous American writer.The selected contents are mainly about Chicago's economic situation and religious background in the 20 th century,and Barack Obama's growth process before he took office as President of the United States in 2008,and other important things closely related to his life.This thesis is mainly based on the first and second chapters of this book.The author firstly gives a general introduction to the thesis,including the work itself,the author and Barack Obama,and then further introduces the contents,significance,plan and language characteristics of this book.Then,the author introduces the translation process,Skopos theory and text analysis.Finally,by selecting the typical words,sentences and texts from the passage,the author uses different translation methods to analyze the cases,and finally summarizes this thesis.Through this thesis,the author has a certain understanding of biographical literary works,at the same time,it also improves the author 's own translation ability.The author understands the importance of combining translation theory with translation practice.At the same time,the author draws the following conclusion: biographical literature is both documentary and literary,and it can be guided by three principles of Skopos theory.In addition,through using certain translation methods,the author can handle the translation difficulties flexibly in the process of translation.In order to cater to the reader's reading habits,the author tries hard to present popular translation.