A Report On Translation Of The Culture Code:The Secrets Of Highly Successful Groups(From Chapter Nine To Eleven)

The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups,from which Chapter Nine,Chapter Ten and Chapter Eleven in part two are taken as the source text,is a book written by Daniel Coyle,an American writer.It is a business book published in 2008 in America and it consists of many examples of successful groups,basically,about two examples per chapter.The three chapters mainly show many examples of the Navy Seals,Harold,the Robbers and so on,telling us how the highly successful groups cooperate well,and providing those people who are seeking success in life with some suggestion and strategies.All these can make readers think deeply and fully develop their potential.Belonging to informative texts,this translation report is based on Peter Newmark's communicative and semantic translation theory.For a specific text,it is unsuitable to use communicative translation or semantic translation.In order to ensure the accuracy of the translation,the author adopts the combination of the two strategies to properly adjust the vocabulary and syntax of the original text.The examples in the text come from various fields,and the translator needs to be knowledgeable about culture and enhance their language skills,making sure their translation is faithful to the original text.The report is divided into four sections.The first section is the translation description,mainly including the source of the text,the text analysis and the aim of this translation.The second section is the translation process,which mainly introduces the pre-translation preparation,the analysis and the modification of three drafts.The third section,holding the principle of communicative translation and semantic translation as the supplement,puts emphasis on examples analysis by several translation strategies and methods,such as amplification,conversion,division and others so that the translation can be faithful and bebetter understood.The last section is the summary,and the translator hopes to find and solve the problems appeared during the translation process and provide useful reference for future translation.