An E-C Translation Report On Think Again:the Power Of Knowing What You Don’t Know(Chapters 8-11)

In-depth thinking and the ability to think independently play an important role in people’s analysis and processing of information to form conclusions and make final decisions.Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know is the latest book on cognitive psychology by Adam Grant,a professor of psychology at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.The author embodies the knowledge of cognitive psychology in stories and conveys his own views to encourage readers to abandon old thinking modes and learn the ability to think again.This book is to improve people’s thinking ability and cultivate people’s awareness of lifelong learning.This translation project is carried out by the translator and her two teammates.The translator translates the third and fourth parts of the book into Chinese and writes this translation report.In the third and fourth parts of the book,the author,from the viewpoint of cognitive psychology,clarifies the value and significance of rethinking for society and elaborates on how to create a lifelong learning community through rethinking.The translator found some compound adjectives in the author’s writing were concise in expression but contained rich meaning.And the author used parallelism to emphasize some views or his personal feelings and many metaphors in the text which made the expression implicit but impressive.After thinking and exploration,various specific translation methods were summarized by the translator,such as amplification,repetition,and division,so as to accurately convey the content of the source text to the target readers.The translator selected typical cases for analysis in the third chapter of this report.Through this translation project,the translator learned many strategies and skills of translation,especially the skills of translating metaphors.The translator hopes that readers can strengthen their ability to rethink and arise readers’ awareness of life-long learning.At the same time,the translator also hopes that this translation report can provide a reference value for other translators.