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A A Report on the Translation of Life among th e Chinese(Chapter 13)and Journeys in North China (Chapter 1 7) Postgraduate：Gao Yue Grade：2014 Major Field of Study：MTI Supervisor：Professor Xie S均ian Associate Professor Wu Hongmei Orientation：English Translation Abs tract This report is a review on the translation of Chapter 1 3 of L／fe among the Chinese，written by R．S．Maclay，published in 1861 and Chapter 17 of Journeys in North China，written by Alexander Williamson，published in 1970．L咖among the Chinese mainly describes China’S geography，religious beliefs，historical culture， governmental agencies，laws，and etc，as well as making meticulous and detailed account of the Fuzhou customs．Journeys in N0rm China mainly narrates the author!S travel in northern China such as Shandong，Chihli，Shaanxi，Shanxi provinces，which records the Chinese character，customs，geograrhical features，etc．As an important component of the Overseas Chinese studies，the two books integrate the thoughts and feelings of the western observers and shape their view of China in the late Qing Dynasty． Chapter 1 3 of L／fe among the Chinese describes the missionaries who set up schools in Fuzhou，covering a large number of western religious culture and religious terms．Its Language is dominated by narration and combined with comment．Chapter 1 7 of Journeys in North China describes the travels of missionaries in Shanxi area in plain language of narration，coveting various Chinese folk customs．In view of the 万方数据 language language features，the author takes Nida’S Functional Equivalence Theory as guiding principle for this translation practice，trying to make the translation achieve“the closest natural equivalence”． This translation report mainly includes five parts：the first part is the translation project introduction，including text source，text introduction，and stylistic feature；the second part introduces Nida’S Functional Equivalence Theory；the third part is pre—translation process，including study of translation tex