A Report On The Translation Of The Gendered Brain:the New Neuroscience That Shatters The Myth Of The Female Brain(Excerpt Of Introduction And Chapter One)

The source text of this translation practice report is taken from the excerpt of introduction and chapter one of The Gendered Brain: The New Neuroscience That Shatters the Myth of the Female Brain,which describes gender differences in the brain and relevant neuroscience researches about it.Researchers have conducted long-term studies on the differences between man and woman from the perspectives of biology and psychology.In recent years,researches on the differences between man’s and woman’s brains from the point of cognitive neuroscience have achieved fruitful results,which also promote a growing demand for translation in related areas.This translation report mainly reviews the difficulties and solutions in the process of translation under the guidance of Peter Newmark’s communicative translation theory.Based on the lexical and syntactic features of the source text,the translator will take advantage of translation methods such as annotation and paraphrase to handle lexical problems,moreover,division and restructuring are used to cope with the translation of long and complex sentences.The translation report is composed of five parts.Chapter 1 mainly elucidates the background and significance of the translation project.Chapter 2 focuses on the introduction of the source text,which covers its author,main content and linguistic features.Chapter 3 is a brief introduction to the communicative translation theory.Chapter 4 is the case analysis,which talks about the translation methods for words and long and complex sentences.Chapter 5 mainly summarizes the gains and limitations of the translation practice and offers suggestions for further research.As for studies in the application of the translation theory,it is expected that this practice report will provide practical andtheoretical references for the application of communicative translation theory in the translation of popular science writings.