内容简介

本次翻译实践选取当代作家特克•乔纳森的《绳纹时代太平洋游记》的第二章，作品以1996年人类学家在哥伦比亚河旁发现的人类骨骼作为起点，从而推测史前人类通过小型的敞开船穿越海洋到北美的历险，作品讲述了主人公乔恩•克特以及志同道合的伙伴一起历经千难万险，横穿太平洋最终到达阿拉斯加的历险故事，在途中他们遇到了很多困境，但始终保持真诚、善良、勇敢的心，努力地生活。作者时刻体现探险历程的精彩和探险者勇闯天涯的勇猛精神。

小论文一共分为四个部分。第一部分是引言，简要介绍了本篇翻译作品的背景和所选材料的主要内容，第二部分介绍翻译的过程，第三部分主要阐述翻译过程中遇到的问题及解决的依据和方法；第四部分是结论，此部分是对此次翻译实践的总结与思考。

作者希望此次翻译能够准确地传达原著的信息和小说作者的意愿，一定程度上促进青少年读者养成无所畏惧、勇敢真诚、乐观向上的意志品质和形成高尚的人生观和价值观。

INTRODUCTION

The second chapter of In the Wake of the Jomon, by the contemporary writer Jon Turk, is selected in this translation practice. The work begins with the human skeleton discovered by anthropologists at the Columbia river in 1996, and further to speculate that prehistoric humans crossed the ocean to North America through small open ships. The work tells a story of adventure. Its protagonist, Jon Kurt and his like-minded friends experience a great adventure and they travel across the Pacific and eventually reach Alaska. On their way of exploration, they meet with many difficulties, but fortunately, they have always maintained a heart of good faith, kindness and braveness and endeavor to live.

There are four parts in this article. The first part is the introduction, which briefly introduces the background of the novel and the main content of the selected part. The second part introduces the process of translation. The third part mainly describes problems encountered in the translation and the basic methods for solving them. The last part is the conclusion and it concludes this essay by reflecting on my translation practice.  

I hope this translation can accurately convey the original information and the author’s intention. To a certain extent, teenagers can be encouraged to be courageous, sincere and optimistic and form a noble outlook on life.