Abstract: Tourism script is a text which is used to guide sightseeing, to introduce the culture of a scenic spot, to serve a bridge to link tour guide with tourists. But in the current manual, there are many problems, such as short of information, discourse conflict and linguistic mistakes, etc. In the paper, the author first exponents the features of tourism script, then investigates the problems through a field study, on which basis, proposals are raised for the improvement of current tourism script.

Keywords: tourism script; problems; translation strategies

CONTENTS

Abstract

摘要

1.-Introduction-1

2.-Styles of Tourism Script-2

3. Problem Analysis-3

3.1 Shortage of Information-3

3.2 Discourse Conflict-5

3.3 Linguistic Mistakes-6

4. Translation Strategies-6

4.1 Deleting-6

4.2 Adding-7

4.3 Adaptation-8

5. Conclusion-9

Bibliography-10

Acknowledgements-12