The major principle of Chinese-English translation is tourist-oriented,which means that the English version must be written in a language immediately comprehensible to the reader.Translations which conform to the tour...The major principle of Chinese-English translation is tourist-oriented,which means that the English version must be written in a language immediately comprehensible to the reader.Translations which conform to the tourists’habits of language use and aesthetic preference follow genre conventions of the English tourism text.This paper tries to discuss conventions of the English tourism text,so as to set a framework of reference for translators in considering the acceptability of translation.展开更多
文摘The major principle of Chinese-English translation is tourist-oriented,which means that the English version must be written in a language immediately comprehensible to the reader.Translations which conform to the tourists’habits of language use and aesthetic preference follow genre conventions of the English tourism text.This paper tries to discuss conventions of the English tourism text,so as to set a framework of reference for translators in considering the acceptability of translation.