《最后一个画地图的小孩》(19-28章)英汉翻译实践报告.pdf

Abstract

Childrensliteratureiscreatedandprovidedspecificallyforchildreninmodernsociety

tomeettheiruniquespiritualandgrowthneeds.Astheimportantcarriersofcultural

exchanges,thetranslationofvaluedchildren’sliteraturehasbeenreceivingmoreattention.

Therefore,itisimportantfortranslatorstoshouldertheresponsibilityoftranslating

meaningfulchildren’sliteratureforchildren’sdevelopment.Thetranslatortakestheexcerpt

translationofTheLastMapmakerasacaseforanalysis,whichwonthe2023NewberyMedal

andAWalterDeanMyersHonor.

ThisreporttakestheexcerpttranslationofTheLastMapmakerasacaseforanalysis,

whichexploresayounggirl’sstruggletounburdenherselfofthepastandchartherown

destinyinaworldofsecrets.Intheprocessoftranslation,thetranslatorfindsandsummarizes

difficultpoints,andthenproposescorrespondingstrategies.Therearethreedifficultpoints:

first,choosingproperwordstofittargetreaders’cognitiveability;second,addinginterestto

realizevisualizedexpression;third,usingeducationalvocabularytostrengtheninformation

value.Guidedbyreceptionaesthetics,thetranslatorfoundcorrespondingsolutions:firstly,

resortingtoonomatopoeiawords,utilizingmodalparticlesandadoptingreduplicatedwords

areusedtosolvethefirstdifficulty;secondly,highlightingsimileandpersonification,and

explicationofchildren’stoneareusedtorealizevisualizedexpression;thirdly,footnoting

specificterms,loweringthescaleofnegativesenseandrenderingidiomswithconcise

expressionsareusedforthethirddifficulty.

Throughtranslationpractice,thetranslatorhasacertainunderstandingofchildren’s

literatureandimprovedtranslationskills.Hopefully,thistranslationpr