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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

Proofreadingofthefirstdrafts

2ndPeriod

Otc26toOtc31

Translators

Seconddraftoftheirassignedtasks

Nov1toNov5

Proofreadingoftheseconddrafts

3rdPeriod

Nov6toNov10

Finaldrafts

Nov12

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.The