A Report On The E-C Translation Of Tropical Root And Tuber Crops(Chapters 3-4)

As raw materials for biomass energy and industrial starch,as well as potential grain resources,cassava plays an important role in food security and the economic development of our country.However,there are still multiple problems in cassava planting,such as low yield per unit and few improved cultivars.In order to boost planting and development of cassava in China,it is indispensable to improve planting conditions and introduce improved cultivars and planting methods.The translator selects Chapter Three Breeding and Genetics and Chapter Four Development Physiology of Tropical Root and Tuber Crops as the source text for this report.The book mainly introduces four kinds of tropical root and tuber crops,and demonstrates relevant research results of international research institutions.The translator selects this book as the source text for this translation task to provide reference for professionals studying tropical root and tuber crops,and give guidance to cassava breeders and farmers.The source text is informative text,and the translator uses the communicative translation of Peter Newmark as the theoretical basis for this translation report.As for communicative translation,information communication and the feelings of target text readers are emphases,and the aim is to produce an effect as close as possible to that of the original.Based on language features of agricultural English and differences between English and Chinese,the translator analyzes the difficulties at the lexical,syntactical and textual levels respectively,consults professional dictionaries and parallel texts,considers context,and adopts multiple translation methods,to ensure rendering target text with accurate and adequate words,natural and fluent sentences,as well as cohesive and coherent discourse,thus making target text communicative,and recurring semantic coherence and logical rigorousness of the source text.