On The E-C Translation Of The Rainbow Comes And Goes(Excerpts) From The Perspective Of Skopos Theory

The Rainbow Comes and Goes is a charming and intimate collection of family letters between Anderson Cooper,famous CNN journalist,and his mother,Gloria Vanderbilt,which offers timeless wisdom and a revealing glimpse into their lives.Before starting the translation practice,the translator reads the whole book in the first step and has a deep understanding of the Chapter Two,which depicts many important moments Gloria Vanderbilt encountered during her adolescence,marking the turning point of her life.During the ups and downs of her life,she was firm and courageous all the time,demonstrating abundant power and profound thinking to readersIn the process of the E-C translation,the translator finds that many meaningful sentences are worthy of discussing.On one hand,the book itself is very literary,especially the part that Gloria Vanderbilt recalls her adolescent life is thoughtful and intriguing.The source text boasts a lot of rhetorical devices,such as metonymy,personification,and idiomatic English,empowering artistry and aesthetics of this book.On the other hand,ensuring the vividness of the Chinese version and achieving the deeper aesthetic effect are two main challenges for the authorUnder the guidance of the Skopos Theory,this translation report mainly analyzes some words,phrases,and sentences with strong features.The translator employs some translation skills,like amplification,free translation,adding footnote to make sure the translation more faithful to the source text and readable and acceptable for the target readers.Thanks to making full use of the Skopos Theory,the translation is polished again and again in order to meet the three rules of the Skopos Theory,that is:Skopos rule,Coherence rule and Fidelity rule.This project report will be beneficial to translators who are interested in studying letters translation and will provide a new kind of reading material for readers who are interested in thinking about mother-child relationship.