| This translation report is on the translation of The Future of Rail: Opportunities for Energy and the Environment.Railway moves passengers and goods quickly and accurately,which promises a safe,rapid,and economical transportation activity.Recently,railway has made remarkable development,especially in China.The trend of railway development turns to be large scale,high speed and standardized.Railway is an important factor in social and economic development.Therefore,International Energy Agency published a report on railway plans,The Future of Rail: Opportunities for Energy and the Environment,to study the future trend of world's railway.The report,The Future of Rail,aims to explore ways to enhance the role of railways in the global transport sector in order to reduce transport-related energy use and environmental impacts.The translated part is from Chapter One Status of Rail Transport.This chapter introduces the history and present situation of global railway transportation system,summarizes the development plans of railway systems in various regions,and focuses on the socio-economic benefits brought by railway development.As a scientific text,the translator mainly employs Catford's Translation Shifts Theory in the translation.This translation report illustrates the application of Translation Shifts Theory in the target text,analyzing how level shifts,structure shifts,class shifts and unit shifts are applied in the process of translation.Besides,the report explains how Translation Shifts Theory helps to solve difficulties in the translation practice,including the translation of tenses,noun phrases,adjectives,passive voice as well as the solution to translating long and complex sentences.Catford's Translation Shifts Theory is of significant reference value in translating long and complex sentences.The report is written to study the English-Chinese translation in the field of railway and to analyze the application of Catford's Translation Shifts Theory in scientific English texts. |
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