翻译硕士毕业翻译实践报告开题报告.docx

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翻译硕士毕业翻译实践报告开题报告

翻译硕士毕业翻译实践报告开题报告

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.TheconsultantisresponsibleforanyproblemrelatestotheChinesemanuscript.AnydeletionoradditiontotheEnglishtranslationshouldbefullydiscussedwithandpermittedbytheconsultant.TheProofreaderisaprofessionaltranslatorwhoisresponsibleforproofreadingofthedraftsandsupervisionofthewholeproject.

Figure1Staffing

Staff

TasksandResponsibilities

TranslatorNo.1

（Theauthor）

Projectmanagement,Pre-translatinganalysis,tanslatingtheassisgnedparts,CompleletionReport

TranslatorNo.2

Pre-translatinganalysis,tanslatingtheassisgnedparts

Consultant

Consulting,Typesettinganduploadingthefinaldraft

Proofreader

ProofreadingandSupervision

AsillustratedinFigure2,theprojectwilllastfor2months.Duringtheprocess,thewholeteamwillholdformalteammeetingatleasttwice,onebeforetheprojectfordiscussing,oneafterforconclusion.Theallocationoftasks,responsibiltiesandthestrategiesaplliedtothetranslationwouldalsobefullydiscussedduringthemeeting.Afterthemeeting,thetanslatorswillbegintheirworkwithfullycomprehensionofthesourcetexts,searchingfortherelativeparalleltexts,makingGlossaries,andthenthefirstdaft,seconddraftandfinaldraft.TheConsultantwouldbeinhispositionforanyconsultationatthesametime.Theprofreaderwillworkdiligentlytoprofreadthedraftsatleasttwice.

Figure2TimePlanning

Period

Time

Staff

WorkingContents

1stPeriod

Sep15toSep17

Wholeteam

Teamconference

Sep18toOtc15

TranslatorsandConsultant

Firstdraftoftheirassignedtasks

Otc15toOtc25

Proofreader

Proofreadingofthefirstdrafts

2ndPeriod

Otc26toOtc31

Translators

Seconddraftoftheirassignedtasks

Nov1toNov5

Proofreader

Proofreadingoftheseconddrafts

3rdPeriod

Nov6toNov10

Translators

Finaldrafts

Nov12

Wholeteam

Teamconference

4.2TranslatingStrategiesAdopted

TheGermanlinguistandtranslationscholarKatharinaReissreasrchedthefeaturesandrelativetranslatingstrategiesofdifferenttypeoftextsinthe “FunctionalCharacteristicoftexttypesandlinkstotranslationmethods（adaptedfromReiss1971）”.Shedividedtextsintothreetypes:

“informationtext”,“expressivetext”and“operativetext”.AndReisspointedoutthatalthoughtheremaybedifferentfunctionsofeachtext,butthedeterminingfactorforatranslationis“whetherthetranslationtransmitsthemeaningofthesourcetexts”.“Informationtext”refersto“thosetextsfocusingonitscontentandwithamainfunctionofexchanginginformation,knowledgeandopinions”.Accordingtothosetheoriesontranslation,wecanfindthesourcetextsofthisproject,hasthefeaturesof“informationtext”,and“operativetext”.SoScopesTheoryandTextTypologywillbeadoptedinthisprojecttoguidethewholeprocessoftranslation.

4.3ContingencyPlan

Beforestartingtranslation,theCollegeofTechnologyandEngineeringassumedthewholeteammembersarequalifiedandabletocompletetheprojectunderthetimetable.Givenanyemergencywouldhappenduringtheprocess,suchashealthconditions,changeofworkloadorunexpectedsituationsoftheteammembersmayinfluencetheplannedprocedures.Thus,theprojectteammadeacontingencyplantomakesuretheprojectwillbeaccomplishedpunctually.Theplanmainlycontainstwoaspects.Firstly,eachteammembershouldtryhisorherbesttofulfillhisorherduty,butintheeventofanyemergency,somesparetimeisneededtobereserved.Secondly,onceanymemberoftheteamcouldnotcontinuethework,sheorheshouldtrytomakeanoticeinadvance.TheworkheorsheleftwouldbegiventotheotherbackupteachersintheFacultyofEnglish.Anydisputescausedbyemergenciesshouldbesolvedandremediedunderthepermissionofthecollege.

5.TranslatingProcess

Theprojectteamestablishedaspecifictranslationprocessafterdiscussion,whichincludestaskassignment,translation,proofreading,editing,deliveryandbackup.Duringtranslation,theteamusedpersonalcomputers,onlinedictionaries,searchengineandothertoolstohelpmakingglossariesandparalleltexts.

5.1TheGlossary

Astheprojectistranslationofthecollegewebsite,ithasalotofvocabulariesrelatingtomajors,faculties,disciplines.TheprojectteammadefulluseofInternetresources,dictionariesandparalleltextstogetauthoritativeandconvincingGlossaries.

5.2TheImplementationoftheTranslation

Accordingtotheprojectproposal,thewholetranslationprojectwilllastfor3months.Becausetheauthorwillcomposeherreportonthebasisofthetranslation,thetaskoftheauthorwouldbecompletedinadvance.Sofar,theauthorhasfinishedtheanalysisofthetextfeatureofthesourcetexts,adoptedpropertranslatingtheoryasguidance,thefirstpartoftheGlossaryandalmosthalfofthetranslation.Therestpartoftranslationwillbecompletedaheadoftime.

6.QualityControl

Similartoothertranslationproject,effectivequalitycontrolsystemplaysadominantroleinacquiri