A Report On The Translation Of Project Management Simplified: A Step-by-step Process (An Excerpt)

This translation material is an excerpt from the book,entitled with Project Management Simplified: A Step-by-Step Process,written by Barbara Karten.It introduces all the activities in the project process starting from project planning,budget,risk and risk response,to project closing.The author views project management as a life skill,guiding people in professional knowledge gaining,life and work.Chapter One,Chapter Two and Chapter Fifteen of this book are chosen to be translated.Chapter One gives readers a big picture of project.Chapter Two describes the content of the project charter based on the deck project.Chapter Fifteen is the conclusion of the whole book.It reproduces the whole process of project management according to the practical procedure each activity occurs during the process.This report includes translation task description,translation process briefing,case analysis and conclusion.The first part,translation task description,briefly introduces the source of the original text,the book and the author of the book.The second part,translation process,covers pre-translation preparation,difficult points and proofreading,polishing and finalization.Before translation,to be familiar with the writing style,the source text was read through.From the review of the relevant material,text category is identified and the table of terms is established.During the translation,difficulties that need to be dealt with are word choosing,understanding and etc.After preliminary translation,the author of this thesis reviews and polishes the translation draft under the guide of the supervisor.The third part is case analysis.It presents the process of translation in terms of the word and style which are difficult.The final part is the summary of this translation practice.