A Practice Report On The E-C Translation Of The Voice Of Melody(Chapters ?&?)

The Voice of Melodyis written by American writer Kaylene Powell.This novel tells the story of a small family before the American Civil War from the perspectives of the heroine and her daughter.This novel highlights the lives of three generations of residents of the New England island Nantucket during the heyday of the whaling industry in the mid-19 th Century.The author selects the first two chapters of the novel for this translation practice.In order to reproduce the original meaning and writing style in the target text,the author has adopted many methods to address the problems.In terms of vocabulary,the author adopts the methods of extending words' meaning and using four-character structures to represent the original meanings of words.In dealing with dialogues,the author applies the methods of analyzing character and environment to reproduce heroines' different talking styles with different target audience,and to represents the linguistic features of African American English.In the textual aspect,the author applies the methods of marking the key words to achieve the same emotional effect.To reproduce the artistic value of the original language characterized by plainness,the author adds punctuation,readjusts the word order and perspective.Through this translation practice,the author has deeply understood the difficulties and the significance of literary translation.The author also has enhanced his insights into the translation problems of modern fictions.Author hopes that this practice and report can be a good reference to his own or others' future practice and study in literary translation.