Abstract The purpose of tourism texts is to express message and attract tourists, so English translation of tourism texts should aim at conveying the main message of scenic-spots to foreign tourists. Based on Skopostheorie, this thesis takes Guiyang tourism text as the study object and three rules including Skopos rule, coherence rule and fidelity rule as the guidance. To achieve the target of English translation of Guiyang tourism texts, it proposes this type of translation should treat tourists as the core and aim at transmitting information correctly, attracting tourists and popularizing culture of Guiyang. It is expected that this thesis will be helpful for the practice of tourism texts translation and finally helps the improvement of Guiyang tourism texts translation and promote Guiyang tourism culture. 61421
Key words: tourism texts; English translation; Skopostheorie; three rules
摘要旅游文本的目的在于传递信息和吸引游客,它的英译文本应以此为准则,旨在向外国游客传递景点所表达的主要信息,进而吸引外国游客。本论文以贵阳旅游文本为例,以德国目的论为指导,运用目的论的三原则即:目的原则、连贯原则和忠实原则,对其译本进行具体分析。为了达到贵阳旅游景点翻译的目的,本论文指出这类翻译应以读者为核心,以正确传递信息,吸引游客,传播当地文化为目标。作者希望借由本文的研究能对旅游文本的英译带来一定的启示,从而丰富并提高贵阳市旅游资料的翻译质量,促进贵阳旅游文化的宣传。
Content
1. Introduction 1
2. Literature Review 1
2.1 Studies abroad 2
2.2 Studies at home 2
2.3 Summary of recent studies 4
3. Introduction of the Skopostheorie 4
3.1 Skopos Rule 5
3.2 Coherence rule 6
3.3 Fidelity Rule 6
4.Application of Skopostheorie to the English Translation of Guiyang Tourism Texts 6
4.1 Analysis in light of the Skopos rule 7
4.2 Analysis in light of the coherence rule 9
4.3 Analysis in light of the fidelity rule 10
5. Conclusion 12
Works Cited 14
1. Introduction
With the development of economy and improvement of people’s lives,more and more people want to relax themselves both at home and abroad. Tourism is very beneficial to promoting mutual understandings and cooperation. Thus,high-quality translation of tourism texts is wanted. However, taking a look around the current situation of tourism translation in China, which explains the reason why this thesis is done and the author hopes to provide a bit of help for the tourism translation practice and the improvement of Guiyang tourism texts translation and eventually contribute to the promotion of Guiyang tourism culture to the world. 源:自'751.·论,文;网·www.751com.cn/
With the development of tourism industry in today's society, English translation of tourism texts has been attracting more and more attention. Furthermore, the spread of the unique material culture and spiritual culture also depends on the translation of tourism texts. This thesis mainly discusses the translation of tourism texts, it aims not only to make the translation to pass information effectively, but also to appeal to the aesthetic standards of visitors through the translation. This thesis concentrates on the analysis of English translation of Guiyang tourism texts under the guidance of Skopostheorie to help the translator make better translations and promote the development and spread of culture of Guiyang tourism.