Translation Practice Report Of Masco2012Annual Report (Parts1-2)

Most investors are concerned about the operation, the profits and losses of the company, and the most efficient way for them to get the information is to read the annual report of the company. An annual report is a comprehensive report on a company’s operation throughout the preceding year, and it gives information about the company’s activities and financial performance, including balance sheet, consolidated financial statement, cash flow statement, and statement of stockholders’equity. As required by SEC, listed companies must submit their annual report to shareholders every accounting year.This report is a translation project report on the first and second parts of the2012Masco Group Annual Report. It summarizes some translation strategies and methods used in translating English annual report into Chinese version. The main content of this report includes analysis of annual report, related translation strategies, analysis of and translation skills for its three stylistics features:objectivity, formality and normativity, analysis of and translation skills for its syntactic features, and summary of and an reflection on the translation practice.