A Practice Report On The Translation Of Fighting Words（Excerpts）

The translation practice report reviewed the author’s translation process of Fighting Words,analyzed the problems in the translation process,and summarized the author’s findings and experience.Fighting Words is a children’s literary work,which has won 9 American Book Awards,including the Newbery Silver Award.This is a novel about trauma and the scars left on bodies,minds and hearts,but more than that,it’s a book about resilience,strength and healing.The novel hopes to let children learn to protect themselves and see the strength of healing.Linguistic adaptation theory was put forward by Jef Verschueren in 1999.The theory argues that the process of language use is also a process of language choices made by language users based on the internal and external reasons to meet the needs of communication under different levels of consciousness.This process can be realized due to the variability,negotiability and adaptability of language.As far as linguistic adaptation is concerned,Verschueren believes that it is necessary to examine the following four tasks: structural objects of adaptability,contextual correlates of adaptability,dynamics of adaptability,and salience of adaptation processes.The translation practice report is divided into four chapters.Chapter one is translation project description,including source of the project,introduction to source text and significance of the project.Chapter two is an overview of the translation process,which is divided into three stages: pre-translation,mid-translation and posttranslation.Chapter three is case study,which analyzes the source text Fighting Words from four aspects according to examples.Chapter four is conclusion,which reviews the whole translation process,summarizes experience and methods,and reflects on problems and deficiencies.