Practice Report Of The Chinese-English Translation Of Jimmy’s Picture Book Metro

Jimmy is a Taiwanese and a world-renowned graphic novelist. It is he who first introduces adults’ picture books in China. Since his first picture book came out in1988, he has won many prizes and his works have been popular worldwide, some of which are even adapted into motion pictures, stage plays, films and TV series."Jimmy mania" has been discussed both in the academic field and the media world. His pictures are smooth and natural with fantastic and bold imagination, and his words are concise, elegant, poetic and thought-provoking. The pictures and words in his works are in a harmony. Based on a comprehensive research of discourse features of Jimmy’s works, the author take Jimmy’s classic Metro as an example to do a translation practice. This paper is a practical report on the whole process of the translation practice, and it makes a detailed case analysis of the translation techniques adopted. In the end, the author makes a summary of the translation practice.The report consists of five parts. Part one is a brief introduction of the background, research significance, and research status quo of Jimmy’s picture books. Part two introduces definitions of picture books and those discussions of Jimmy. Part three makes a general description of the translation practice, including translation preparation, translation process and proofreading. Part four makes a comprehensive analysis of the discourse features of Jimmy’s works. Then the author takes metro as a case study and discusses cultural phenomenon and translation techniques in the process of translation. Part five is a summary of the gains and defects during the translation practice and puts forward her expectations of translation of Jimmy’s works.Through translation practice of Metro, the report aims to reproduce the exclusive expression techniques and tones in the source text, and to make the translated version also suitable for both young and old in the target language. Furthermore, the author hopes that the general analysis of discourse features and the adoption of specific translation techniques in this report can later on contribute to the research and practice of other translators. It’s expected that more and more excellent English versions could come into foreign markets, promoting domestic classic picture books and improving the competing capability of our cultural industry.