| This translation is an informative report on environmental governance and economic development in the Sahel,which is published by the World Economic Forum in September2022.The content is an analysis of the Sahel region’s environment and governance recommendations.It also includes how to exploit local advantages to develop markets,drive local economic growth,and achieve a virtuous cycle of local economy and environment.The material contains professional vocabulary and complex sentence patterns.In the process of translating materials,the primary problem is how to make the translation cohesive and smooth on the premise of ensuring accuracy.The translation material uses complex sentences,which are different from Chinese sentences.It is not consistent with Chinese readers’ reading habits.Therefore,the report takes Newmark’s communicative translation as a guide.It closely combines translation theory with practice and provides the translator with valuable translation ideas.The report studies the communicative translation and its application in informative texts.And then the translator makes cases analysis of translation from lexical,syntactic,and textual aspects to find effective ways to improve the quality of translation.At the lexical level,the translator studies the translation of nominalization and terminologies to make the meaning of words more accurate.The translator lays the foundation for sentence translation from the perspective of words.At the syntactic level,the translator mainly analyzes the translation of complex sentences and passive sentences.The translator uses a variety of translation methods to make the sentences in accordance with the requirements of communicative translation.At the textual level,the translator studies cohesion and coherence to improve the quality and readability of the translation.By analyzing various problems encountered in practice,this report aims to provide reference ideas for future informative text translation. |
