《金翅雀》第一章翻译报告-英语笔译专业论文.docx

A Report on the Translating of The Goldfinch (Chapter One) 《金翅雀》第一章翻译报告 A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate School of Henan University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Translation and Interpreting (MTI) By Li Shanshan Supervisor: Associate Prof. Yang Qingping Senior Translator: Wang Xinsheng May, 2015 I I Abstract The source text is selected from The Goldfinch, the representative work of Donna Tartt, a famous American woman writer. It?s a long story, about 300,000 words in all. In 2014, it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The translator puts the first four sections of Chapter One into Chinese. It mainly tells us what the main character Theo and his mother saw and heard on their way to school. The novel is characterized by its length, intriguing plot, delicate personage portray and beauty of language. At the same time, it?s difficult to translate it into Chinese. The overall translation process is guided by the typology of Reiss and translation criterion of “faithfulness, expressiveness, elegance” raised by Yan Fu. The novel belongs to expressive type. The language function is to express sender?s attitude. The language dimension is aesthetic. The text focus is form-focused. The aim of the target text is to transmit aesthetic form. The translation method is to identify the author. The report can be divided into four parts: Part One is the translation task description, including the source of the task, text analysis, and significance of the project; Part Two is the representation of translation process, including preparations before translation, translation process and proofreading after translation. Part Three is the analysis of cases as the core part of the translation report, of which the translator chooses some representative examples for interpretation and summary of the difficulties, with the combination of translation theories and methods. Part Four is the conclusion of the translation practice, including translat