A Translation Report Of The Medicines Patent Pool

This is a translation report on a paper The Medicines Patent Pool: Promoting Access andInnovation for Life-Saving Medicines Through Voluntary Licenses, written by KRISTA L.COX. The translator chose the body of the paper as source text. This paper was published inHastings Science&Technology Law Journal year in2012.The writer elaborates thebackground, aims, and future development target of the Medicines Patent Pool in this paper.She also analyzes the details about the license, and investigates tools to encourage morecompanies to join the Pool. This translation report is divided into five parts: Part One iswritten on the description of translation task, including the background and significance ofthis translation task. Part Two is the analysis of this text, including introduction of the writer,the brief introduction of the main content of the source text. While the third part will mainlydiscuss the faithfulness, expressiveness and elegance theory, which is used in this translation.The fourth part is about the difficulties and methods used in the process of translation. Thefifth part points out the enlightenment and unresolved problems of translation.