A Report On The Translation Of Using And Disclosing Confidential Patient Information And The English Common Law:What Are The Information Requirements Of A Valid Consent?

Using and Disclosing Confidential Patient Information and the English Common Law:What Are the Information Requirements of A Valid Consent? is a paper by Victoria Chico and Mark J.Taylor of University of Sheffield in Britain.The paper can acquaint Chinese practitioners with the latest progress in protection and research of confidential patient information.Translator translates the paper and finishes this report under the guidance of J.C.Catford’s translation shift Theory.The report is mainly comprised of five parts.Firstly,the translator explains why the paper is chosen as translation material.In chapter one the translator makes a contrast between China and developed countries in terms of protection of people’s confidential health data,then points out the paper’s referential value to our country.Methodology used by the translator and originality made in translation are also stated in this part.Chapter two incorporates introduction of translating tools,theoretical preparation,analysis of the source text,problems found through proofreading and summary of abundant terms and jargons.Chapter three is case analysis under the guidance of Catford’s translation shift theory.The translator analyses differences between Chinese and English and demonstrates how conversion is achieved from English to Chinese through level shifts,class shifts,structure shifts and unit shifts.At last the translator summarises differences between English and Chinese and the significance of Catford’s translation shift theory.The translator also enumerates setbacks encountered in translation,including language barrier,translationese and shortage of legal knowledge,and eventually shows directions towards which a legal translator should work to be qualified.