A Report on the E-C Translation of 英语论文作业

VI1.AnIntroductiontotheproject1.1BackgroundsoftheProjectTheImpossibleLifeisacompellingnovelbyMattHaigthatcentersonthelifeofretiredmathteacherGraceWinters.Theuntimelydeathofherson,Daniel,thepassingofherhusband,Carl,andthecheatingofherlifesavingsareaseriesoftragiceventsthatplungeGraceintothedepthsofdespairasshedriftsinaseaoflonelinessanddespair.TheunexpectedinheritanceofapropertyinIbizabyaformercolleague,ChristinaVanderberg,setsheronanunforeseenjourneyofimaginationandself-redemption.Chapters18-24areakeypartofthenarrative.Theyarefilledwithacomplexwebofcharacterrelationshipsandplottwists.Grace'sexplorationofIbizabecomesincreasinglymysteriousasshedelvesintothetruthbehindChristina'sdeathandthestrangehappeningsontheisland.ThestoryisinterwovenwithGrace'spersonalgrowth,herbuddingtrustandfriendshipwithAlbertoandMarta,andherdiscoveryofspecialabilitiesrelatedtothemysterious"LaPresencia".Theseelementsnotonlyadddepthandrichnesstothestory,butalsopresentmanytranslationchallenges.ValuesandObjectivesoftheprojecIntoday'seraofacceleratedglobalization,culturalexchangesarebecomingmoreandmorefrequent,andliterature,asanimportantcarrierofculture,playsakeyroleincross-culturalcommunication.TheImpossibleLifeisanovelwithgreatcharacteristicscreatedbyMattHaig,whichcombinesmultipleelementssuchasfantasy,suspenseandphilosophy,andexplorestheprofoundthemesoflife,fate,guiltandredemptioninauniquenarrativeway.Duringthenarrativeprocess,theauthoradoptsthetechniquesofperspectiveshifting,timeandspacetravel,multi-linenarrativeandscenariointertwining,whichnotonlyenablesreaderstogainadeeperunderstandingoftheprotagonist'sinnerworldandemotionalchanges,butalsoincreasesthestory'ssenseofhierarchyandmystery,greatlyenhancesthestory'sattractivenessandinterest,enrichesthestory'sdevelopment,andshowstheframeworkofthegrandiosestory.Itisworthmentioningthatwhilepresentingawonderfulstory,thenovelalsoanalyzesthesocialphenomenonindepth.Itpresentsthebeautyofnatureandalsorevealsthefragilityofnature,warnspeopleoftheseriousconsequencesthatecologicaldestructionmaybring,emphasizestheimportanceofcourageandresponsibility,andactivelyadvocatestheconceptofharmoniouscoexistence,whichhascertainliteraryvalueandsocialsignificance.ThedepictionofIbiza'suniquecustomsandrichculturalconnotationsinthenoveladdsauniquecharmtothework,whichhasreceivedwideattentionabroad.TranslatingTheImpossibleLifeintoChinesehasmanyimportantmeanings.Ontheonehand,ithelpstointroducethisexcellentworkintotheChinesemarket,openingawindowforChinesereaderstounderstandtheregionalcultureofSpain,sothatreaderscanlearnaboutthefestivals,food,musicanddanceandotherculturalelementsofSpain,aswellasthelocalvaluesthatemphasizepersonalfreedom,thespiritofexplorationandenvironmentalprotection.Ontheotherhand,thetranslatedworkscanconveythephilosophicalideasofexistentialismandmysticismtoChinesereaders,presenttheliterarycreationstyleofblendingfantasywithrealityanddelicatepsychologicaldescription,andpromotetheexchangeandintegrationofChineseandSpanishcultures.AsGuo(2009)pointsout,intheprocessofnoveltranslation,influencedbylanguage,culturalpracticesanddifferenttranslationtheories,thetranslator'stranslationprocessandtranslationstrategiesforthenovelwillbedifferent,andtheoutputofthetranslatedtextwillalsovary.WhentranslatingTheImpossibleLife,duetoitsrichculturalconnotationsanduniquenarrativestyle,thetranslatorisrequiredtodeeplyunderstandtheoriginaltextandusetheappropriatetargetlanguagetoreproducetheartisticstyleoftheoriginaltext,soastomakethereadersgetafeelingsimilartothatofreadingtheoriginaltext.AndthisrequirementisexactlyinlinewiththecoreideaofNida'stranslationtheory.Thereisnoessentialdifferencebetweenthecontentexpressedindifferentlanguages,andtheessentialdifferenceliesinthewayitisexpressed.Therefore,thetranslator'sprimaryresponsibilityistodeterminethevariouseffectiveexpressionsinthetargetlanguage(De&Nida,1986).AsNida'stranslationtheorysuggests,thepurposeoftranslationistoenablereadersofthetranslatedtexttoobtainthesameinformationandfeelingsasreadersoftheoriginaltext,coveringmultipleaspectssuchasculture,emotion,andmeaning.Toachievethisgoal,thetranslatorneedstomakeflexibleadjustmentsatthelexical,grammatical,semantic,anddiscourselevelstoensurethatthetranslatedtextisnaturalandfluentinthetargetlanguage,hasgoodreadability,andretainsthemeaningandstyleoftheoriginaltexttothegreatestextentpossible.SpecificallyforthetranslationprojectofTheLifeImpossible,thecharactersinthenovelhavedistinctiveimages.TakeGraceasanexample,hergrowthprocessistouching,andshegraduallytransformsfromapersonwhoisindeeppainandself-doubttoawarriorwhobravelyfaceslifeandactivelypursuesthetruth,fullydemonstratingtheresilienceandkindnessofhumannature.Theoriginalnovelisvividinthemeandfar-reachinginmeaning,withlifelikeportrayalofcharactersandscenes.Therefore,thetranslatorexpectstoexpressthemeaningoftheoriginalworkinnaturalandfluentlanguageandaccuratelyconveytheessenceandstyleoftheoriginalworkwiththeguidanceofEugeneNaida'sfunctionalequivalencetheoryinthisnoveltranslationpractice.ByapplyingNaida'stranslationtheorytothetranslationofthenovel,thetranslatedtextisequalizedwiththeoriginaltextintermsofmeaning,culturalstyleandreaders'acceptance,sothatChinesereaderscanappreciatethenovel'shighlightsasEnglishreadersdo.Inaddition,thistranslationpracticecanalsoprovidealearningopportunityforreaderswhoareinterestedinEnglishshortstories,sothattheycannotonlyunderstandtheguidingroleofthefunctionalequivalencetheoryonnoveltranslation,butalsolearnEnglishintheprocessofreading.Atthesametime,thetranslatorexpectstosummarizehergainsanddeficienciesinthetranslationprocessbywritingthistranslationpracticereport,toimprovehertranslationability,tocontributetothetranslationofsciencefictionandfantasyliterature,andtolayasolidfoundationforbettertranslationpracticeinthefuture.1.3OrganizationoftheReportThisreportisbasedonthetranslationpracticeof“AnImpossibleLife”andsystematicallyexplorestheapplicationoffunctionalequivalencetheoryinliterarytranslationthroughfivechapters.Eachchapterfocusesonaspecificresearchdimensionindependently,whilealsoechoingeachotherinalogicalchaintoformacompleteacademicdiscourseloop.Chapter1focusesonthebackgroundandcoreconcernsoftheproject.Startingwiththetext'scharacteristicsofblendingfantasy,suspenseandphilosophy,itprovidesanin-depthanalysisofitsartisticvalueintermsofplottension,characterizationandculturalmetaphors.Theresearchidentifiesthethreemajortranslationgoalsof“plotcoherence,characteraccuracyandculturalaccessibility”,whichnotonlycloselyfollowtheparticularitiesofthetext,butalsolayarealisticfoundationforsubsequenttheoreticalandstrategicchoices,thusconstructingaproblem-consciousframeworkforpracticalresearch.Chapter2deconstructsthetranslationprocessfromamethodologicalperspectiveandproposesathree-stagedynamicmodel:pre-translation,during-translation,andpost-translation.Pre-translationlaysasolidfoundationforunderstandingthroughclosereadingofthetextandculturalresearch.During-translationemploysthetheoryoffunctionalequivalencetocoordinateliteraltranslation,freetranslation,andculturalcompensationstrategies.Post-translationinvolvesmultipleroundsofreviewtoachieveaclosed-loopqualitycontrol.Thisframeworknotonlydemonstratesthescientificnatureoftranslationpractice,butalsohighlightsitscreativity,providinganactionablemethodologicalframeworkforputtingtheoryintopractice.Chapter3systematicallyexplainsthecoreprincipleoffunctionalequivalencetheory–readerresponseequivalence–anddemonstratesitsapplicabilitytoliterarytranslationbycombiningitwiththesuspensefulnarrativeandpsychologicalportrayalofthenovel.Inresponsetopracticalchallengessuchascontrollingthenarrativerhythm,conveyingemotionalgradients,andfillinginculturaldefaults,strategiessuchasstylereconstruction,rhythmregulation,andculturaltranslationareproposed,whichfullydemonstratesthevalueoftransformingtheoryintopractice.Chapter4isacasestudythatprovidesadetailedanalysisoftranslationexamplesandexplainshowtoachievefunctionalequivalenceatthelexical,syntactic,textualandculturallevels.Thischapterdemonstratestheapplicationofthefunctionalequivalencetheoryinpracticethroughspecifictranslationcases.Forexample,atthelexicallevel,thetranslatorachievessemanticandemotionalequivalencebetweenthesourcetextandthetranslationthroughmethodssuchasliteraltranslation,freetranslationandpart-of-speechconversion(DeWard&Nida,1986).Atthesyntacticlevel,thetranslatorusedmethodssuchasconsecutivetranslation,reversetranslation,additionandsavingtranslation(Baker,1992)tosolvetranslationproblemscausedbydifferencesinChineseandEnglishlanguagestructures.Atthetextlevel,thetranslatorfocusedonretainingtherhetoricaltechniquesandnarrativestyleoftheoriginaltext(Hatim&Mason,1990),andthroughflexiblelinguisticadjustments,reproducedtheliterarycharmoftheoriginaltext.Attheculturallevel,thetranslatorusesculturaladaptationstrategiestonaturallyintegratetheculturalelementsoftheoriginaltextintotheChinesecontext,sothatChinesereaderscanbetterunderstanditsculturalconnotations(Venuti,1995).Inaddition,thischaptercomparestheeffectivenessofdifferenttranslationstrategiesanddiscusseswhichstrategiesbestadheretotheprincipleoffunctionalequivalence.Throughcasestudies,thischapternotonlyverifiestheapplicabilityofthefunctionalequivalencetheorytothetranslationof“AnImpossibleLife,”butalsoprovidesspecificpracticalreferencesfortranslationstudies.InChapter5,theeffectivenessofthefunctionalequivalencetheoryinguidingthetranslationoftextswithmultipleelementsissummarizedthroughpracticalreflectionandtheoreticalsublimation,anditskeyroleinbalancingformandmeaningisaffirmed.Atthesametime,thelimitationsofprocessingculturallyspecificvocabularyandthelackofflexibilityinsyntacticconversionareaddressed.Improvementdirectionssuchasdeepeningcross-culturalresearchandstrengtheningtheawarenessofdynamicequivalenceareproposed,whichinjectnewinsightsintothemutuallearningoftheoryandpracticeinthefieldofliterarytranslation.Eachchapterfollowsthemainlineof“problemformulation—methodconstruction—theoryverification—empiricalreflection”,whichnotonlysummarizespractice,butalsoenhancesacademicvaluethroughtheoreticalreflection,formingacompleteparadigmofpractice-orientedtranslationresearch.2.TranslationProcess2.1Pre-translation2.1.1AnalysesoftheSourceTextBeforeIstartedtranslatingchapters18to24ofMattHaig'sTheImpossibleLife,Idugdeeperintothethemesandideologicalcontentofthissection.Inthesechapters,Grace'sexperiencesinIbizabecomemoreandmorefantasticalasshecontinuestodelvedeeperanddeeperintothetruthbehindChristina'sdeathandthemysteriousevents.Inthisprocess,thenovelembracesacuriosityabouttheunknownoflife,asenseoftheimpermanenceoffate,andadesiretoseekredemptioninthemidstofadversity.Forexample,Grace'sinnerstruggleinthefaceofvariousstrangephenomenareflectsherrethinkingofself-knowledgeandthemeaningoflife.Thisexplorationoflifeanddestinyformstheemotionaltoneofthissection.Asatranslator,IneedtoaccuratelygrasptheseemotionsandthoughtswhentranslatingandconveythemtoChinesereaders,sothattheycanfeelthephilosophicaldepthandemotionaltensioninthenovelasreadersoftheoriginaltextdo.Intermsofnarrativestyleandlanguagefeatures,MattHaig'sconciseandphilosophicalwritingstyleisreflectedinthesechapters.ThenovelunfoldsfromGrace'spointofview,andalargenumberofinnermonologuesenablereaderstodeeplyfeelheremotionalchangesandthinkingprocess.Intermsoflanguageexpression,Haig'sdictionissimplebutvivid,forexample,thestatementdescribingthemysterioussceneduringthedivecreatesatenseandfantasticalatmospherethroughconcisevocabulary.Meanwhile,thesentencesarerichandvaried,rangingfromsimpleshortsentencestolongsentenceswithcomplexstructures,andthisvarietyaddsasenseofrhythmandhierarchytothetext.Inaddition,metaphors,symbolsandotherrhetoricaldevicesappearfromtimetotime.Forexample,thedescriptionofthemysteriousluminousbodyusesmetaphors,whichenhancestheinfectiousnessofthetext.Icarefullyanalyzedtheselinguisticfeaturesinordertorestorethestyleoftheoriginaltextasmuchaspossiblewhentranslating,sothatthetranslationisconciseandfluent,butalsophilosophicalandliterary.Theculturalcontextandregionalcharacteristicsarealsoprominentinthesechapters.TherearefrequentreferencestothelocalcultureofIbiza,suchasuniqueplacenames,locallegendsandbeliefs,andthemysteriousislandof"EsVedrà",whichhasaspecialsignificanceinthelocalculture.Theseculturalelementsnotonlyaddtothemysteriouscolorofthestory,butalsoreflectthelocalcustoms.Inordertodealwiththeseelementsproperlyinthetranslation,Istudiedtheseculturalelementsindepthandconsultedrelevantmaterialstounderstandtheculturalconnotationsbehindthem.Forexample,"EsVedrà"isregardedasaplacefullofspiritualityandmysteriouspowerinSpanishculture,andthisculturalbackgroundneedstobeconveyedtoChinesereadersinthetranslationbywayofcommentorparaphrasetoensurethattheycanunderstandtheculturalflavor.Intermsoftextstructureandplotdesign,thesechaptersaretightlyplotted,withmultiplecluesintertwinedandadvancing.FromGrace'scooperationwithAlbertototheirgradualrevelationofthetruth,interspersedwithvariousaccidentsandtwists,theyarefullofsuspense.Forexample,theencounterwithArtButleratthecasinoisatenseandexcitingplotfullofuncertainty.Ihavesortedoutthedevelopmentoftheseplotsandcharacterrelationshipssoastoensurethecoherenceandlogicofthetranslation.Thesuspensefulnessofthisplotreliesheavilyonthecompactnessoftheplotandthetensionoftheatmosphere,sointheprocessoftranslation,Ineedtopayspecialattentiontothedeliveryoftheseelementstoensurethatthetranslationcanreproducethesuspensefulatmosphereanddramaoftheoriginaltext,sothatreaderscansmoothlyfollowthedevelopmentofthestoryandfeelthetensionandexcitementofit.2.1.2PreparationsfortheProjectFirstofall,inordertoensureahigh-qualitytranslation,thetranslatorcarriesoutextensiveresearchbeforetheactualtranslationwork,readsthewholetextcarefully,andunderstandsthetheme,theplot,therelationshipofthecharactersaswellastheauthor'swritingstyle.Attentionshouldalsobepaidtothestructureofthetext,includingparagraphdivisions,topicsentences,supportingsentencesandsoon.Thishelpstomaintainthelogicandcoherenceoftheoriginaltextwhentranslating.Secondly,determinewhothetargetaudienceofthetranslationis,theirculturalbackground,educationlevel,readinghabits,etc.Thishelpstochoosemoreappropriatevocabularyandmethodsofexpression.Again,inordertounderstandandtranslatethetextmorethoroughly,thetranslatorhascarriedoutextensiveandin-depthdatacollection.Withthehelpofinternetsearchengineandrichlibraryresources,thetranslatorgainedacomprehensiveandin-depthunderstandingofIbiza'sgeographiclocation,longhistory,uniqueculture,localcustomsandhabits,etc.,soastomakethetranslationmoreaccurateandprofessional.Forthespecializedtermsappearinginthenovel,suchasthoserelatedtomarinebiology,astrophysicsandotherfields,thetranslatorconsultedprofessionaldictionariesandauthoritativeacademicliteraturetoensurethatthetermsweretranslatedaccuratelyandcorrectly.Atthesametime,thetranslatorreferstoalargenumberoftranslationsofsimilarexcellentliteraryworks,carefullylearnsanddrawsonthetranslationskillsandexpressions,andconstantlyimproveshisowntranslationlevel,soastobuildupasolidfoundationforcompletingthetranslationtaskwithhighquality.Atthesametime,Ialsoreadtheauthor'sotherliteraryworkstoseeiftherearesimilaritiesbetweenthetargettextandotherliteraryworks,especiallyonsomefantasyelementsandWesternculture,soastoconnectthetwoandmakeiteasierforthetranslatortounderstandthetextandtranslateitbetter.Finally,thestudyoftranslationtheoryplayedacrucialroleinthepre-translationpreparationstage.ThetranslatorhasthoroughlystudiedtheworksofEugeneNidaandothertranslationtheories,whichfocusonextra-textualfactorsratherthanonlyintra-textualfactors.Itisastrongguideformytranslationofthetext.Chu(2024)pointedoutinherpaper"ChineseBestsellingNovels"GoingOut"StrategyfromFunctionalistTranslationTheory--TakingtheEnglishTranslationofWolfTotemasanExample"thatfunctionalequivalenceissuitableforguidingthetranslationofbestsellingnovels.ThistheorycannotonlyenrichthetranslationmethodsofChinesebest-sellingnovelsandpromotetheirtranslationtoforeigncountries,butalsofacilitatethedisseminationofChineseculture.AsanimportantfactorinChinesesciencefiction,"Chineseimagery"hasasignificantimpactonthevaluejudgmentofChineseculturebyoverseasreaders.The"Chineseimagery"inthisthesiscanbecomparedwithsomefantasyelementsinthenovelTheLifeImpossible,andcanbepresentedinawayclosertothetargetlanguageintranslation,whichisinlinewiththetheoryoffunctionalequivalence,whichadvocatesthat"contentcomesfirst,formcomessecond".Thisisinlinewiththe"contentfirst,formsecond"advocatedbythetheoryoffunctionalequivalence.Ye(2008)alsobelievesthatfunctionalequivalencereferstotheequivalenceofthelinguisticandculturalfunctionsofthesourcetextandthetargettext,notjusttheformalequivalence.Thisisoneofthereasonswhytheauthorchosethetheoryoffunctionalequivalenceasabasis.InWang's(2024)"TranslationandInterpretationofChineseImageryinScienceFictionundertheGuidanceofFunctionalEquivalenceTheory:TakingLiuYukun'sTranslationof<ThreeBodies>asanExample",theauthordiscussesfunctionalequivalencefromthelevelsofsemantics,cultureandreaders'response.Inthepaper"ChineseImageryinScienceFictionundertheGuidanceofTheory","TheLifeImpossible"isalsoanovelintegratingsciencefiction,suspenseandphilosophy,andthepaperprovidestheauthorwithideasonhowtotranslatesciencefictionnovels.2.2While-translation2.2.1MajorDifficultiesEncounteredFirstofall,theunderstandingandcommunicationofculturalconnotationsisamajordifficulty.ThebookisfullofculturalelementsofIbiza,suchaslocaltraditions,customsandlegends.Forexample,somefestivalsandcelebrationsmentionedinthetextmaybedifficulttounderstandforreaderswhoarenotfamiliarwiththelocalculture.Whentranslatingtheseelements,in-depthstudyoftherelevantculturalbackgroundknowledgeisrequiredtoensurethattheconnotationsareaccuratelyconveyed.Therearealsodescriptionsofmarineorganismsandecosystems,suchas"Posidoniaoceanica"(Posidoniaseagrass),whichisimportantinthelocalecosystem,anditisimportanttonotonlyaccuratelytranslatethename,butalsotoconsiderwhethertoaddnotestointroduceitsecologicalsignificance,sothatreaderscanunderstandtheimportanceoftheseelementsinthestory.theimportanceoftheseelementsinthestory.Inaddition,thebookalsoinvolvessomereligiousandmysticalelements,suchas"StChristopher",whichhavespecificsymbolicmeaningsinWesternculture,andwhentranslating,weneedtoaccuratelygrasptheirmeaningsandthinkabouthowtoconveythemtothereadersinthetranslationtoavoidculturalmisunderstanding.Secondly,intermsofstylisticdelivery,thefantasyandsuspensefulstyleoftheoriginaltextisamajorfeatureandamajorchallengeintranslation.Theauthorcreatesatenseandmysteriousatmospherethroughdelicatedescriptionsandcleverplotsettings.Forexample,indescribingthesceneofencounteringamysteriousluminousbodywhilediving:"Thespherebecameacloud,anditstayedbeingacloudbutthenpartofthecloudbecamealongthinarmoflightagain.Onlythistimeitwasn'theadingforaninjuredfish.Itwasheadingforme."Thisdescriptionisfulloffantasticalcolors,andtoreproducethisstyleinthetranslation,itisnecessarytochooseappropriatewordsandexpressionssothatthereadercanfeelthemysteriousatmosphereoftheoriginal.Thedescriptionisfulloffantasticalcolors.Atthesametime,thedialoguesintheoriginaltextarealsoverycharacteristic,andthecharactershavevariouslanguagestyles,somearehumorousandfunny,someareseriousanddeep.Whentranslatingthedialogues,itisnecessarytochooseappropriateChineseexpressionsaccordingtothecharacter'spersonalityandthecontext,sothatthecharacter'simageisstillvividandlivelyinthetranslation.Onceagain,thetoneandemotionareconveyed,andtherichnessandcomplexityofthecharacters'emotionsinthispartofthetextcreatemanydifficultiesfortranslation.Forexample,Graceisfilledwithconfusion,fearandcuriositywhenshefacesaseriesofstrangeevents.Whenshesawthewaterintheolivejarinexplicablybecomefull,""IcouldhaveswornIhadtippeditallout.Butno.Thereitwas.Athirdfull."",from"couldhavesworn"and"couldhavesworn"to"couldhavesworn"and"couldhavesworn".Butno.Thereitwas.Athirdfull.",fromtheexpressions"couldhavesworn"and"Butno.",wecanfeelherdisbeliefandconfusion.Whentranslating,itisnecessarytofindtherightChinesevocabularyandsentencestructuretoaccuratelyconveythisemotion,ifitissimplytranslatedas"我发誓我把水都倒光了。但没有。它还在那里，有三分之一满。"wouldbetooblandtoadequatelyconveyherinnershock.Perhapstranslateitas"我敢发誓我明明把水全倒光了，可怎么回事？它竟然还在那儿，又有三分之一满了！”wouldbetterconveythetoneofconfusionandsurprise.Finally,thereisthetreatmentofhiddenandextra-linguisticmeanings.Manycontentsinthebookhavedeephiddenmeanings,whichneedtobedeeplyexploredbythetranslator.Forexample,themysteriousisland"EsVedrà"mentionedmanytimesinthetextisnotonlyageographicalterm,butalsocarriesthemysteriouslegendsandculturalconnotationsofIbiza,symbolizingtheunknownandmysterious.Whentranslating,itisnecessarytoconsideraddingnotesinappropriateplacestoexplaintheculturalmeaningbehindthetermandhelpreadersunderstandthedeepermeaningofthetext.Forexample,duringtheencounterwithArtButlerinthecasino,Artsaid,"Youmadeabigmistake.YoushouldneverhavecometoIbiza.youshouldhavejuststayedwhereyouwere,oldlady.onyoursofa."Onthesurface,heisthreateningGrace,butfromhistoneandthewholesituation,healsorevealsakindofarroganceandcontemptforGrace.Whentranslating,theextra-linguisticmeaningshouldbereflectedthroughappropriatewording,suchas“你犯了个大错。你根本就不该来伊维萨岛，老太婆。你就该老老实实待在你的沙发上。”Thetitle"老太婆"andtheoverallwordingbetterconveysArt'sarrogantattitude.2.2.2ProcessofSolvingDifficultiesBeforetranslation,adetailedculturalbackgroundstudymustbeconductedtoaccuratelygraspthespecificmeaningandusageoftermsandexpressions.Atthesametime,referenceshouldbemadetothehistory,socialcustomsandeverydaylanguageoftherelevantregiontoensuretheaccuracyandauthenticityofthetranslation.Inaddition,thecontentsofthedialoguesneedtobeanalyzedindepthtounderstandthecharactertraitsandpsychologicalstatesofthecharacters.Whentranslating,attentionshouldbepaidtothechoiceofwordsandsentencestructure,trytofollowthetoneandemotionoftheoriginaltextascloselyaspossible,andenhancetheexpressioneffectwiththehelpofpunctuationandintonation.Intheprocessoftranslation,itisnecessarytoreadthecontextcarefullytounderstandthelogicalrelationshipbetweensentencesandtheimpliedmeaning.Forsentencescontainingextra-linguisticmeanings,theycanbeexplainedbysupplementingthetranslationoraddingnotestohelpreadersbetterunderstandthemeaningoftheoriginaltext.Atthesametime,thetranslationshouldpayattentiontotheunityandcoordinationoflanguagestyle.Thenarrativepartcanbeexpressedinasmoothandnaturalway,whilethedialogpartshouldtrytorestorethetoneandemotionofthecharacters.Byadjustingthesentencestructureandwording,thelinguisticstyleoftheoriginaltextshouldbemaintained,soastoensurethatthetranslationisbothfaithfultotheoriginaltextandinlinewiththeexpressionhabitsofthetargetlanguage.2.3Post-translation2.3.1SelfProofreadingAftercompletingthefirstdraftofthetranslationofChapters18-24ofTheImpossibleLife,Iembarkedonacomprehensiveandmeticulousself-proofreadingprocess,whichaimedtoimprovethequalityofthetranslationandensurethatthemeaning,styleandemotionoftheoriginaltextcouldbeaccuratelyconveyed.First,Ifocusedongrammarandspellingcheck.Ireviewedthetranslationsentencebysentence,not