A Report On The Translation Of Towards Wisdom(Excerpts)

Toward Wisdom: Finding Our Way to Inner Peace, Love & Happiness, written by Copthorne Macdonald, is a self-help book which inspires people to move towards wisdom and harvest spiritual growth. As a self-help guidance book, it introduces practical ways for people to conduct spiritual practice, which is enlightening and worthwhile.There are four parts in this report. The first part is task description, which includes a brief introduction to the source text, the features of the source text and the significance of translating the source text. The second part is process description,which illustrates the selection of the source text and parallel texts, the use of dictionaries and on-line resources in translating process as well as post-translation quality control. The third part is case study, mainly focusing on the theoretical foundation and detailed methods to deal with difficulties encountered in translating.Here in this translation project, guided by translation compensation theory, the translator compensates translation loss through annotation, paraphrase and addition.The last part is a conclusion of this translation project. Through undertaking this translation project, on the one hand, I hope I can enhance my translation skills and problem-solving ability. On the other hand, I wish this translation may enlighten spiritual-perplexed people and help them to live a more wisdom-based life.