A Translation Report On Why Social Media Is Ruining Your Life(Chapter3)

The source text in this paper comes from the third chapter of Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life.The author of this book is Katherine Ormerod.In the third chapter,the author recalls her personal experiences and demonstrates the influence of social media on people’s physical and mental health from several perspectives,especially on individuals’ mental health.In their book Comparative Stylistics of French and English,J.P.Vinay and J.Darbelnet had made a full,collaborate analysis and comparison between English and French.They put forward direct translation strategy and oblique translation strategy,including borrowing,calque,literal translation,transposition,modulation,equivalence and adaptation.This type of classification has exerted a profound influence on translation study,and pointed out a clear direction for studies on translation shifts.Under the guidance of Vinay& Darbelnet’s translation model,the translator picks and analyzes some typical examples from the perspective of direct translation and oblique translation.It is suggested that translators should use the translation strategies flexibly on the basis of full understanding of Vinay&Darbelnet’s translation model so that it can better guide translation.