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《********学院网站》英译的实践报告
AReportontheC-ETranslationoftheWebsiteofCollegeof******
CONTENTS
1.Introduction
Withtheincreasedinternatinalacademicexchangeandreseachcommunicationbetweenuniversitieshomeandbroad,itisindispensibleforuniversitiestobeequippedwithEnglishwebsites,publicityalbumsandvideoclips.Englishwebsite,withitsdiversificationofforms,massiveamountsofinformationandeasyaccsess,playsanimportantroleinintenationalexchangeandcommunication.Thisreportisbasedontheprojectofwebsitetranslationfor*******.
Theauthorofthisreportwasfortunatetoparticipateinthetranslationprojectasatranslator.Throughadetailedanaysisoftheprojectprocedureandcasesstudiesofthetranslation,thereportwillfocusonthetwoaspectsofissues.Firstly,howtogetanaccurateandappropriatetranslationbyadoptingSkopostheorieasthetanslationtheory.Secondly,howtouseparalleltextstosolvetheproblemsrelatetoterminology,languagestyle,figureofspeechandculturalfactors.
2.ProjectDescription
ThisprojectoftranslationwasauthorizedbyCollegeofTechnologyandEngineering,andundertakenbythefacultyofEnglishasateachingprogram.Theauthorofthisreport,togetherwithotherthreeteammembersacceptedtheprojectinSeptember,2014.ThecollegesuppliedthemanuscriptsoftheChinesewebsiteandappointedateacherinthePublicityDepartmentforconsultingincaseofmeetingproblemsrelatetoChineseversionduringtheprocessoftranslation.Afteradiscussionin-depthwiththePublicityDepartment,theteamgotaclearanddefiniteorientationonwhatandwhatwillnotbetranslated.Thetaskwouldbecomposedof2phases.Thefirstphaseincludesfivemainparts----AbouttheCollege,Faculties,DepartmentsandMajors,InternationalExchangeandLatestNews(newsfromJanuarytoAugust,2014).Thesecondphasemainlyincludestheupdateoftheinformationandnewsitems.Sofar,thefirstphaseoftheprojecthasbeencarryingoutandwillbecompletedbyNovember,2014.Theauthorofthispaperisinchargeoftranslating“AbouttheCollege,Faculties,DepartmentsandMajors,InternationalExchange”asherassignedtask,whichcoversabout11,330Chinesewords.
3.LiteraryFeaturesAnalysis
Agoodknowledgeofliteraryfeaturesofcollegewebsiteplaysadominantroleinachievingthegoalofgettingagoodtranslation.Accordingtotheanalysisofthetextsfunctions,languagestyle,
3.1TextFunctions
“Textfunctionsaredefinedaseffectsgivenbythetextinspecificcommunicativecontext”(FanYong).ThefirstandmostimportantobviousfunctionofcollegeEnglishWebsiteistoprovidethereadersnecessaryinformation,suchasthehistory,thestaffandfaculties,thedisciplinesandmajors,collegefacilitiesandinternationalcooperationandexchange.Besides,theEnglishWebsitealsohasthefunctionsofappealingandaspiringmorestudentstoenrollbypublicityandpromotingitsownimage.Toconclude,theEnglishwebsiteisbuilttoprovidenecessaryinformationforthetargetreaders,thesourcetextsshouldbetranslatedandeditedtomainlyfulfilltheinformativefunction.
3.2LanguageStyle
Lexically,thesourcetextisveryConciseandrichininformationwithalotofhighlycondensed,peculiarvocabulary,suchas“多学科、教学型、应用性、有特色”,,andmanyterminologiesrelatetodisciplines,organizations.Syntactically,scatteredshortsentences,parallelismsentencesandnonsubjectsentencesarecommonandtypicalsentencepatternanduniquelanguagephenomenoninthesourcetexts.Undoubtedly,thesefeaturesofthesourcetextsmakeitmoredifficulttogetanaccuratetranslation.
4.TranslationPreparation
Sinceboththecollegeandthetranslationteamattachedgreatimportancetotheprogram,theProgramProposalmadecleartheresponsibilitiesanddutiesofbothparties,whichincludethejobrequirements,expectationstotheprojectteamandthecontinuingsupportingfromthecollege.Similartoanytranslationproject,thetranslatingofwebsitealsocontainsthreemainparts—Pre-translating,While-translatingandPost-translating.Inordertohaveasmoothprocedure,itisindispensablefortheteamtodoplentyofpreparationsinPre-translationpart.Thepreparationsmainlyfocusonmakingaplanaboutthewholeproject,whichincludesthestaffing,thetranslationprocedureaswellasanalysisofthewebsitemanuscriptsandthestrategiesappliedinthisproject.
4.1TranslationPlanning
Ageneralplanoftheprojectstaffing,procedurewillbemadeinthispart.AsillustratedinFigure1,theprojectteamwascomposedoffourmembers.Theauthorworksastranslatorandtakesthewholechargeoftheproject.Theconsultantisresponsibleforanyproblemrelate