A Report On The Translation Of The Aids Pandemic: The Collision Of Epidemiology With Political Correctness (Chapter 9)

This translation report on “The AIDS Pandemic: The Collision of Epidemiology with Political Correctness”(Chapter 9)is written by a experienced doctor and medical professor James Chin and is published by CRC Press on June 2016.The source text contains three major parts,elaborating the major determinants of epidemic HIV transmission,glorious myths or misconceptions of HIV transmission dynamics,and how the author swims upstream against mainstream AIDS agencies.This translation project report provides theoretical and practical reference for the related professionals.Moreover,the translation of this popular science work has enriched the theoretical and practical experience of the translator,and has provided new scientific viewpoints of AIDS for the translator,which is very beneficial.After giving a brief introduction to the whole report,the translator presents the main content of the source text and conducts text analysis to it.Under the guidance of the Christiane Nord's text analysis,the translator puts forward solutions to the difficulties encountered during translation process.As long and difficult sentences and abbreviations perplex the translator the most,the translator exploits sequential translation,division,inversion and so on to settle long and difficult sentences.As for the terminology,the translation approach is still open to discussion.