A Report On Translation Of Closing The File And Other Stories (Chapters 1-6)

Closing the File and Other Stories brings together all 12 winners of the New Zealand Short Stories Award for 1984,these stories represent some of the greatest stories of New Zealand literature.The twelve stories are told from the New Zealand perspective during the time before the Second World War.With rich and detailed descriptions,each story portrays its own specific characteristics.In this book,each writer present's the readers with an image of the New Zealand people as they courageously endure difficulties during a significant period of history.This book provides the readers a glimpse into New Zealand's exotic charm.By translating these short stories,New Zealand's local characteristics can be shown to target readers.Besides,New Zealand literature is comparatively less often translated compared to American and Britain works,hence the translation of this book will help Chinese readers to understand New Zealand literature more deeply.Under the guidance of Relevance Translation Theory,this report analyzes the specific cases and explores the use of different translation techniques,including addition and reduction,conversion,combination and division,restructuring and cohesion.Through the introduction of the translation process,difficulties and case analysis,it is concluded that the first step of translation is to deepen the cognition and interpretation of the context of the source text and enhance the relevance.