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The translation project lasts for about four months, which includes the collectionof translation reference, choice of the material, translation of the excerpt, revision, andfinalization. After finalizing the book as translation material, it is time to prepare for translation. The better the preparation, the better the translation.

First, the translator must have a comprehensive understanding of the text. It isnecessary to read through the text to grasp the style of the text and learn the text typeand characteristic of the source text. Then, the translator should learn somebackground knowledge of the source text. Because the source text is about the naturalgeography of the Mediterranean, translators need to have a basic understanding of theAt the same time, translators need to collect Chinese parallel texts related to theMediterranean or natural geography, which can help translator translate terminologiesaccurately. Finally, after mastering the source text, the translator needs to determine atheory to guide the translation. Since the source text is an informative text, Newmark'stranslation theory is adopted here. The translator read related literature to learnNewmark's communicative translation theory and semantic translation theory. Besides,many tools can be used to help better translations, such as Wikipedia, Baidu, Google,CNKI, etc.

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2.2 Translating

After reading through the original text and mastering the style of the article, thetranslator began to translate. First of all, unknown words can be queried with the helpof Oxford Advanced Dictionary or online dictionaries, such as Youdao Dictionary and Google Dictionary. As for some specialized terms, the translator turned to the LuGusun English-Chinese dictionary and Wikipedia.

Having solved the problem of new words and terms, the translator must payattention to the fluency of the language and the uniformity of the original style whentranslating. Under the guidance of communicative translation and semantic translation,translator adopts appropriate translation methods to translate according to the actualsituation, so that the translation is smooth and readable. This article is aninformational text. When translating, the translator should strive to make thetranslation style consistent with the original, which can be achieved by readingparallel Chinese texts.

After the first translation is completed, the translator read through the translationand modify it herself to avoid some obvious problems such as grammatical errors andtranslationese.

The process of translation is also a process of accumulating knowledge. In theprocess of collecting information and translation, translators learned a lot about thegeography and history of the Mediterranean, trained her ability to gather information,and accumulated practical experience in translation.

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Chapter Three Case study

3.1 Translation of words

In this part, translators classify cases according to different translation methodswhen translating certain words, and 本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。