A Report On E-C Translation Of The New Breed:What Our History With Animals Reveals About Our Future With Robots (Author’s Note,Chapter One)

The development of artificial intelligence and robot science is gradually changing the human’s ways of life,and human beings can benefit from living in harmony with robots,but the future of humans and robots has always been an important issue that cannot be avoided and is worth discussing.In the context of China’s strategies to strengthen the country with science and technology,this translation practice has practical significance and valuable reference for the development of robot science in China.The translated material,selected from Author’s Note and Chapter One of The New Breed: What Our History with Animals Reveals about Our Future with Robots,has totaling more than 11,100 words.In this translation report,on the basis of introducing the background of the translation task,the translator describes the process of translation,which introduces the preparation before translation,draft translation and revision after translating.The translator also describes specific methods used in the process of translation from the lexical and syntactic levels with specific cases.In addition,a summary of this translation practice is made which includes the experience and lessons of this translation practice.The case analysis section of this report focuses on the translation methods used by the translator in translating the text at three levels: lexemic,sentence and sentence-group.The source text is a scientific and technical information text is more accurate in terms of word usage,so the author used translation methods such as conversion between parts of speech and annotation in lexemic translation.In addition,the source text is very logical,with a formal expression,and many long and difficult sentences,so the author used translation methods such as inversion,division,etc.in sentence translation.In terms of sentence-group,the translator used the method of combination and reconstruction to achieve a logically clear and concise translation that accurately conveys the information and ideas intended by the source text.