A Report On The Translation Of Darwin Comes To Town-How The Urban Jungle Drives Evolution(Chapter 10-11)

This is a translation project report on Chapters 10 and 11 of Darwin Comes to Town—How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution,by Dutch evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen.This book is of high academic value.In Chapters 10 and 11,species such as parakeets in Paris,American bobcats and mummichogs and pigeons in Europe evolved new biological traits to adapt to urban conditions and pollution.The translation of this work will not only help readers to understand the relevant information of urban evolution,but also provide reference for urban development planning and environmental protection,and promote the integration of human and nature.As an informative text,it has many professional terminologies,long and difficult sentences.What is more,cultural elements and special expressions can be easily found.Therefore,how to achieve accuracy,conciseness and convey background cultural elements and special expression becomes the main difficulties in translating.The translation report mainly consists of five chapters.Chapter One is the introduction to the translation project,including the background,significance and structure of the translation report.Chapter Two introduces the author,content,and features of the original text.In Chapter Three,Skopos Theory as the guiding theory and its interpretive force to the translation are discussed.Chapter Four explores the difficulties in the translation of terms,long and complex sentences and rhetorical devices and corresponding solutions.In the last chapter,the translator summarizes the gains and problems to be solved.