A Report On The Translation Of The One Device:The Secret History Of The Iphone (Excerpts)

This is a report on the translation of the book The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone(“The One Device” for short)written by Brian Merchant who is a notable American journalist.The translation material is chosen from the preface and the first four chapters of this book.“The One Device” details a secret history of iPhone's development.It is an investigating and interviewing report with stylistic features of technical English texts,which can be regarded as an informative text.And with the help of Catford's Shift theory,the source text is compared with the target text at lexical level and syntactic level to decide on the translation techniques.This report consists of four chapters.The first chapter includes an introduction to the book and the author,the source text analysis as well as the significance of this translation project.The second chapter describes the process of translation including the preparation before translating,the course of translating and the proofreading after translating.The first two chapters lay a foundation for the case study in chapter three which forms the core part of this report.In this chapter,the translator illustrates with ample examples how various translation techniques are employed to translate this book under the guidance of the Shift theory.Chapter four presents the reflections and limitations which constitute the conclusion of this report.