从语用等效的视角论公示语汉英翻译的问题及对策外国语言学与应用语言学专业论文.docx

Abstract This thesis makes an attempt to probe into C-E mistranslation of public signs in scenic spots from the perspective of pragmatic equivalence. Tourism is a booming industry which has given rise to the needs of well-translated public signs in scenic spots. The main functions of public signs in scenic spots are: to notify tourists of some visiting regulations, or to inform them of some cultural knowledge about China. However, some of those signs fail to serve the functions due to mistranslation. C-E translation of public signs in scenic spots is very important for international tourism. The subject is worth a systematic study. Pragmatic equivalence means that the target text produces the same effect on its readers as is produced by the source text on the source readers in terms of pragmalinguistics and sociopragmatics, with emphasis on the target language orientation and the target culture orientation. It fits better in guiding translation of public signs. According to this theory, it is the effect that the target text produces on the target readers that determines a translator’s choice of translation principles and methods. The author adopts the method of “pragmatic contrastive analysis” to probe into various problems of public sign mistranslation in major scenic spots. Problems of mistranslations can be classified into two types: one is caused by pragmalinguistic failure and the other is caused by sociopragmatic failure. Based on an analysis of many examples, the author comes to a conclusion: in C-E translation of public signs, a translator is required to observe two translation principles to achieve the expected effect. They are “acceptability” of the translated text by the intended readers and “readability” of the translated text. Keywords: public signs in scenic spots; pragmatic equivalence; translation Contents Chinese Abstract I HYPERLINK \l _bookmark0 English Abstract II HYPERLINK \l _bookmark1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 HYPERLINK \l _bookmark1 Object