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Chapter II Pre-translating Preparation

2.1 Text Analysis

The Magic Misfits is a typical book of children's literature. By a quick review of the book, the translator noticed that although the style of the text is quite simple, there are a lot of expressions that different from the regular novel that adults read.

2.1.1 Feature of the culture in this book

Boys  always  dream  about  adventure.  Street  children,  no  parents,  magic  (tricks), gangs,  and  everything  in  this  book  sometimes  make  them  think  that  their  dreams come true. However, in China, children in Carter’s age are usually students. Without the  time  of  taking  part  in  this  adventure,  the  story  described  in  this  book  may  be strange to them, not to say that there is not so much stage magic shown around them. With a lack of experience, some of the actions and decisions that the hero made in the book may not be understood by the kids in China, which requires a lot of expressions.

2.1.2 Expected Difficulties

As this is a book for the kids, there are no long sentences or strange words, which seem  easy  to  translate.  However,  as  a  book  for  children,  this  book  contains  a  lot  of expressions  with  double  meanings,  as  well  as  some  expressions  which  cannot  be translated merely. 

There  are  a  lot  of  terms  of  magic  used  in  the  text,  and  some  of  them  have  no meanings at all, which cannot be translated directly. In the meantime, the sentences in this  novel  may  be  simple,  but  they  don’t  fit  the  style  of  Chinese  expressions.  As children have no such abilities of understanding, the translator here has to be cautious that never use too difficult sentences or complicated expressions.

2.2 Parallel Text

The author decided to use another book of children’s literature Little Bits of Sky and its translated version  《我想要一片天》as the parallel text.  

The book Little Bits of Sky focuses on a caring kid named Miracle and her story. Since  she  has  no  parents,  the  expression  and  mental  activity  can  be  different  from others. The hero of The Magic Misfits, Carter, is also a boy without parents and raised by  his  uncle.  There  are  similarities  between  these  two,  so  during  translation,  the author can modify the tone and actions of Carter to fit the expression that a teenager should have. 

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