A Report On The Translation Of The Oxford Handbook Of Oral History (Chapter 27 And 28)

This is a translation report, the English text of which is over 10 thousand words. The original text is the 27 and 29 chapters of Oxford Handbooks in History edited by U.S. historian Donald A Ritchie. Ritchie is an American historian. A past president of the Oral History Association, he has also served on the councils of the International Oral History Association and the American Historical Association. He is the author of many influential books, including Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide, Reporting from Washington and The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction. The two chapters are Case Study: The Southern Oral History Program and Case Study: What Is It That University-Based Oral History Can Do? The Berkeley Experience. The Chapter 27 condenses two interviews with the director of the Southern Oral History Program, showing the history and development of the Program and reflecting the development status and research feature of the Program. The Chapter 28, through author’s recollection and analysis, reflects the history and research status of U.S university oral history study, making a thorough analysis of university oral history’s characteristics and discussing the meaning of interview process in oral history study. This report consists of four parts. Part one is the description of the translation task, including the source of the translation task, brief description of the text and the meaning of translation project. Part two is the translation process, including the preparation work, draft translation, revised translation and final version. Part three is the analysis of translation using the Text Typology Theory and Part four is the translation summary in which the learned experience is summed up.