Translation Report Of Self-government Across Cultures: From The Western World To Japan And China From English Into Chinese

This report analyzes the Chinese-English translation of Self-Government across Cultures: From the Western World to Japan and China,aiming at discussing the problems discovered during translation process,the difficulties encountered,and the due solutions that ensure accuracy of the target text.This report is divided into five parts.The first part briefly introduces the background and significance of the project,and the second part summarizes the research on translation at home and abroad.The third part explains the translator's pre-transfer preparation,and analyzes the characteristics and difficulties of the original text.The fourth part is the main section of the report,enumerating with specific examples the solutions that can be utilized in the case of lacking interpretation and over-interpretation,and revealing the influence of source text's characteristics and difficulties on translation.The fifth part summarizes the previous content and lists the gains as well as experience that the translation project brings to the translator.Finally,the report concludes that full preparations are needed before actual translation to ensure a certain understanding of the source text as well as the style and wording of the target text.In actual translation,translators need to constantly ask whether the translation conveys the real meaning of the source.After the translation is finished,reflection and revision improve the quality of the target text,and it is ideal to find an expert to help with the revision.