ACulturalPerspectiveontheTranslationofTouristMaterials

dear parents,my friends and my classmates,who encouraged me and offeredtremendous help in material gathering throughout the whole process.AbstractThis present thesis is intended to conduct a comparatively systematic study on thetranslation of tourist materials from a cultural perspective.In doing so,the thesisattempts to explore some effective strategies and methods applied to the translation oftourist publication and find solutions to the problems popping up in the presentEnglish versions of tourist materials.For these purposes,the thesis,divided into sixparts,deals with the following issues.Chapter One mainly introduces the current development of tourism and its role inChina's economic development,highlighting the importance of the tourist industry interms of economy.Chapter Two expounds the relationship among culture,language and translation,andpoints out that striking cultural discrepancies cause difficulties in the translation oftourist materials.Chapter Three highlights some problems in the translation of tourist materials,focusing on the errors caused through misunderstanding of cultural factors.