公示语英译错误分析及对策分析-analysis of errors in translating public signs into english and countermeasures.docx

ChapterOneIntroductionBackground of the ResearchInrecentyears,Chinahasbeenveryactiveinexchangeandcommunicationwith the foreign countries. Many kindsofinternationalassemblies have been held in China, thusforeignpeopleofallwalksoflife,includingtraders,scientists,students,artistsand sportsmeninshort,arecomingtoChinainincreasingnumbersforsightseeing,business, investment activities, etc.Undersuchcircumstances,howtomaketheforeignersfeelathomeandhelpthem know more about China is a big problem.Withthe aimto facilitate the lives of foreign guestsandimprovethemutualunderstandingbetweenChineseandforeigners, bilingual signs have been used in public places.Intheprocessofintegrationwiththeoutsideworld,publicsignshaveplayedan essentialpart.Nowadays,thousandsofforeignersstreamintoChinaandmostofthem knowlittleaboutChinese.Theireverydaylife---eating,boarding,andtraveling---to somedegreereliesontheEnglishversionofthosepublicsigns.Ifthetranslationis successfulandauthentic,theforeignpeoplewillsurely getgreathelpandfeelathome. However,thisoriginalintentionhasbeendivergedbysomeunqualifiedEnglish translations.TherearemanykindsoferrorsstillexistintheC-Etranslationofpublic signs.Sucherrorsnotonlyleadtofailureofcommunications,butalsodefacetheimage of our nation.Therefore, moreimportanceshould be attached to theregulationofC-E translation of public signs in China.Significance of the ResearchSincethereformandopeningup,China is becoming more active in world communicationandhasmadegreateffortstofollowtheinternationalstandard.Inthe cross-culturalcommunication,Englishismostwidelyused.Recently,bilingualpublic signsarebecomingpopular,whichaimatbringingconveniencetotheforeignersas wellaspromotingtheinternationalimageofthecountry.Actually, the government has been makingeffortstoregulatebilingualpublicsignsin manypublicplaces.However, therearestillmanyerrorsintheEnglishtranslations,whichviolatethefunctionofbilingualpublicsigns.Insteadofofferinghelp,thoseerroneouspublicsignsmaygive wrong information toth