Scientific Development Research

Translation teaching has an important position in college English teaching, and the discussion of translation strategies has always been a popular research topic in the relative field. The study of back -translation strategy has not seen many innovative breakthroughs in recent years, with most academic research remaining in the fields of technology, law and medical applications, while very little research in the field of teaching practice. Back-translation is also considered to be an effective tool to promote English learning and self-checking in the practical English translation teaching, which enables students to be more aware of the differences between their mother tongue and the target language, so as to capture the textual and cultural connotations of both languages more accurately, especially in terms of bilingual word choice, collocation, sentence pattern and discourse analysis. The article discusses the strategy of back-translation in college practical English translation courses, with the aim of helping college English majors and non-English majors to fully understand the nature of back-translation and thus enhance their translation skills and literal capacity.

Collge English; Translation teaching; Back-translation strategy; Practice