| This translation project report is based on the translation of the first chapter of A Handbook for Local Governments, municipal Finances, namely Intergovernmental Finances in a Decentralized World. This book is edited by Catherine Farvacque-Vitkovic and Mihaly Kopanyi, and the authors of the first chapter are Abdu Muwonge and Robert D. Ebel. Chapter 1 develops the “big picture†of intergovernmental ?nance by drawing the distinction between political and ?scal decentralization and then proceeds to identify alternative models or variants of decentralized governance so as to improve international finances and fulfill governments’ functions. When translating, the translator faced several difficulties,relating to words and phrases, sentences and linguistic competence. As to those problems, in light of Skopos Theory, the translator resorted to methods of free and literal translation, transliteration, conversion and division in accordance with the three rules of Skopos Theory: the skopos rule, the coherence rule and the fidelity rule.The main content of this report is divided into four parts: Part one is the translation project description, including project background, objectives, significance and structure. Part two is the background of the source text, including introduction of the author, main content of the source text, linguistic features of the source text, and evaluation of the source text. Part three is about translation difficulties and methods,including preparations before translation and examples of using translation methods in the process of translation. Part Four concludes with the lessons, implication and unsolved problems in the translation project. |
