A Report On The Translation Of The Giver Of Stars Under The Guidance Of Text Typology Theory

The Giver of Stars,created by Jojo Moyes,a British novelist,is one of the most important works in 2019.It records the event in Great Depression in America.With the book delivery project led by President Roosevelt’s wife Eleanor as the background,it tells the touching stories of five great women who traveled on horseback to deliver books to people in need.It is a project to help spread the knowledge,change the economic development at that time and improve people’s life.It lifted the veil of America in Great Depression and showed the great power of female on horseback in that era as well.The Giver of Stars is a historical novel,based on a real historical background,which not only has authenticity of the times and but also a great appeal.It is characterized by literary,popular and readability.The content and language of the novel are relatively simple and easy to understand,but there is no lack of spoken and idiomatic expressions.And there is no doubt that it adds to some difficulties for the author of this report.In addition,there are many portraits of dialogues,characters and their action and mental activities in the article,which fully show the characters’ personalities and their inner world,and shape the characters’images completely.According to Reiss’ Text Typology Theory,it conforms to the characteristics of appealing texts.This book is both authentic and appealing,with the appealing function more prominent.This type of text aims to let readers resonate with the story or provoke a particular reaction on the part of hearers and readers.The author of this report chooses the first two chapters of The Giver of Stars as the material for this translation practice.Under the guidance of text typology theory,she analyzes the key and difficult points in the process of translation from perspectives of lexis,sentences,dialogue and character description.She uses some translation techniques such as conversion,proper diction,splitting,voice conversion,omission and so on to reproduce the text.This report aims to arouse readers’ attention to American history of that particular times and increase the interest in reading this novel of Jojo Moyes.