《当我迷失的时候》(1-2章)翻译报告英语笔译专业论文.docxVIP

I I Abstract The material comes from a novel—While I’m Falling written by Laura Moriarty. It’s mainly presents a compelling depiction of how one young womans life changes when her family breaks up for good. Darkly humorous, beautifully written, and filled with crystalline observations about how families fall apart, While Im Falling takes a deep look at the relationship between a daughter and a mother when one is trying to grow up and the other is trying to stay afloat. This report records the translation process of the first two chapters this novel. It includes four parts: the brief introduction of the translating task, the process of translation, case study and conclusion. The first part gives a brief introduction to the source, the author, the features and the content of target text. The second part mainly tells the preparatory work before the translation, and the revision and amendment after the translation. The third part, at first, introduces the translation criteria of “faithfulness, expressiveness and elegance” presented by Yan Fu, then lists many examples to show the methods of translation mainly used，and gets the better translation through analyzing and comparing at last. The last part is conclusion, including the factors that influence the translation and the ways of improving the quality of translation. Only by taking exercises and improving yourself continually can you become a qualified translator. Key Words: While I’m Falling; the characteristics of the novel; translation criteria; case study 摘要 摘 要 III III 该份翻译材料选自美国作家劳拉·莫里亚蒂的小说《当我迷失的时候》，文章主要 讲述的是一个 19 岁的女孩在父母离婚后的生活变化，深刻地探索了一个想要长大的女 儿和一个想要改变的母亲之间的关系。 该份翻译报告是译者对这本小说前两章的翻译过程记录，包括翻译任务简介、翻译 过程、实例分析和实践总结四部分。第一部分简要介绍了翻译材料的来源、类型、作者、 文本特点以及主要内容。第二部分主要记述了译前的准备工作和译后的审校与修改。第 三部分首先简述了严复“信、达、雅”的翻译标准，然后根据此标准，从几种翻译方法 方面着手，把在翻译中遇到的难译的地方进分类，列举出实例、初译文和改译后的译文 来分析，通过对比来显示出两种译文的优劣。最后一部分的实践总结，笔者阐述了影响 翻译的因素和提高翻译的途径，影响翻译的客观因素是文化，主观因素是译者自身，所 以作为一名合格的译者应该不断地锻炼，以提高自身的语言能力和文化素养，从而使译 文水平得到提高。 关键词：《当我迷失的时候》；小说特点；翻译标准；实例分析 目录 目 录