A Practice Report On E-C Translation Of The Scandal Of Susan Sontag From The Perspective Of Adaptation Theory

Susan Sontag is a well-known American writer and critic.She had an impressive record of works throughout her life,but she also left with us a large number of controversial topics.The Scandal of Susan Sontag,a collection of academic essays,makes a unique and profound analysis on Sontag’s life and work from perspectives such as literature and photography,leaving guidance on reinterpretation on Sontag for further researchers.Using Chapter Ten and Chapter Eleven of The Scandal of Susan Sontag as translation material,this thesis hopes to provide new angles on Sontag for domestic researchers,and at the same time,to attract more scholars to conduct research on Sontag and her work.The function of academic essays is to carry academic information,and to disseminate academic knowledge.The Scandal of Susan Sontag is a typical academic book.There are plenty of studies on academic translation in China,but mainly employing perspectives such as Skopos theory and Eco-translatology.Few studies are conducted from the perspective of pragmatics,especially from the perspective of Adaptation theory.This thesis attempts to explore the methods and strategies for English-Chinese academic translation with Verschueren’s Adaptation theory.By looking for the inherent laws of academic translation from the process of translation practice,this thesis aims to form a systematic translation strategy for academic text.Through research and analysis,the author finds that academic translation is a process of constant choosing and adapting.The translator must lay emphasis on the adaptation of communication environment,communication objects and communication goals in language choosing process,making reasonable choices from language structure level and context level,so as to fulfill the text’s communicative intention to the greatest extent.On language structure level,the translator should adapt to language code,text style and text structure.On context level,the translator should adapt to the cognitive environment of author and the readers,making reasonable choices in mental and social world.