E-C Translation Of Complex Long Sentences In Tech Psychoanalysis Text

This is a report based on the E-C translation practice of The Psychology of Silicon Valley:Ethical Threats and Emotional Unintelligence in the Tech Industry written by Katy Cook,a British psychologist.From a uniquely social-psychological perspective,this book explores how bad values and emotional unintelligence in the industry will have a lasting impact on everything from social inequality to the future of work to our collective mental health.As a tech psychoanalysis self-help book with undeniable translation value and novelty,this book is not difficult to understand by offering abundant real cases in plain narration.It is not only suitable for psychological practitioners and students to learn,but also for cross-domain lovers of technology,ethics,and psychology.Also,it can add insights to the healthy and sustainable development of China’s tech industry at present and in the future.In this translation practice,the translator has encountered various obstacles.For instance,on the lexical level,as the original text states the psychological understanding of tech enterprises in Silicon Valley,many psychological proper nouns are involved.Secondly,the author uses a lot of abstract nouns.On the syntactic level,the source text contains a large number of complex long sentences composed of attributive clauses and object clauses.Besides,when the author expounds personal views,figures of speech including simile are widely used.Since the difficulty of translating complex long sentences stands out most,the translator will guide the translation practice under the ethics of reproduction,service,and communication in the Models of Translation Ethics proposed by Andrew Chesterman to meet the expectation of this translation project and focus on translating complex long sentences in tech psychoanalysis texts with case analysis,which finally will be presented in a report.Translating the Silicon Valley critique of a foreign psychologist can offer great convenience for Chinese readers to see the other side of tech enterprises in Silicon Valley by looking inside the world’s most influential industry and how the beliefs,culture,motivations,and behaviors of Big Tech are influencing the whole world.It is hoped that this translation report can provide some references for those interested in the translation of similar text types and can bring fresh enlightenment to China’s tech enterprises in enhancing ethical governance for sustaining a sound development after the shock of the COVID-19 epidemic.