A Report On E-C Translation Of Where Does Violence Come From? A Multidimensional Approach To Its Causes And Manifestations(Excerpts)

Where Does Violence Come From? A Multidimensional Approach to Its Causes and Manifestations is a book in the field of psychology that explores the types and causes of violence and ways to prevent and control it.This translation practice report is based on Chapters 2,10 and 11 of the book,which explains the causes of violence from various perspectives,especially the influence of mental disorders on violent behaviors.The book is featured by serious and formal language,rigorous diction,technical terms,long and difficult sentences,which has brought difficulties to the translation practice.In the process of translation,two translation strategies proposed by Vinay and Darbelnet in their co-authored book of Comparative Stylistics between French and English provide theoretical guidance for solving the difficulties in the translation practice.Direct translation includes borrowing,calque and literal translation;oblique translation covers transposition,modulation,equivalence and adaptation.For parts of the source text with clear and simple syntactic structure and meaning,direct translation is first choice,which can not only fully and accurately transmit the information of the source text,but also respect objective facts.For the parts involving relevant professional background knowledge and vast differences between English and Chinese in terms of grammar and logic,translation techniques such as “transposition” and“modulation” under oblique translation strategy are mostly utilized.The translator focuses on the introduction of the research to China through this translation practice,aiming to make more domestic readers have an in-depth understanding of the occurrence of and solution to violence,enhance people’s antiviolence ability and self-protection awareness.For the translator,the more important task is to contribute to the research on domestic violence and provide reference for effective prevention and control of violent offense.Meanwhile,it provides reference and guidance for translating texts in related fields of psychology.