A Report On The Translation Of Planet Of Exile

This is a report on the translation of a science fiction, Planet of Exile, written by renowned American science fiction writer Ursula Kroeber Le Guin. The novel depicts an imaginary story happened in the planet Eltanin. As a literary work, this novel not only enjoys beautifully-written language and engrossing plots, but also provokes deep thinking about many aspects of real life.The report consists of task description, process description, case study and conclusion. Task description mainly gives a brief introduction to the book Planet of Exile, its author Ursula Kroeber Le Guin, the main contents and features of the book. Besides, the reasons for choosing this novel are also illustrated. Process description introduces the whole process of translation from three aspects: preparations before translation, translation working schedule and the post-translation management. In addition, three translation strategies based on characteristics of the novel are represented in this chapter. Case study is the most critical part of this report. The author of this report tries to make thorough analysis about many translation cases of this novel. The author focuses on how to apply these three translation strategies into real practice through numerous case studies. In the end, a conclusion about this report is drawn. The author comes up with some major findings and limitations of the report as well as implications and suggestions for writing similar report.During the translation, three translation strategies based on the characteristics of this science fiction are put forward, i.e. to ensure the accuracy of meaning, to pursue the beauty of language as well as to reproduce the style. And this report concentrates on how to apply these three translation strategies into practice when translating this novel.