上海海事大学SHANGHAI MARITIME UNIVERSITY 硕士学位论文MASTER’S DISSERTATION论文题目：从目的论分析旅游景点介绍的汉英翻译学位专业：外国语言学及应用语言学作者姓名：邹燕指导教师：瞿宗德副教授完成日期：二OO九年六月A Study on English Translation of ChineseScenic-spot Introductionsfrom the Perspective of SkopostheorieA ThesisPresented to the English Departmentof Shanghai Maritime Universityin Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of ArtsBy Zou YanUnder the Supervision ofAssociate Professor Qu ZongdeMay, 2009AcknowledgementsUpon the fulfillment of the dissertation, I feel it highly committed to extend my heartfelt thanks to those who have made unremitting efforts during my study and thesis writing.First and foremost, I would like to thank Prof. Qu Zongde, my supervisor, for his inspiring guidance, insightful comments and unfailing encouragement. His warm-heartedness and patience have helped me out time and again in my course of drafting and accomplishing the dissertation.I owe a particular debt of gratitude to Prof. Han Zhonghua, Prof. Wang Dawei, Prof. Zheng Lixin, Prof. Mao Junchun, and Prof. Weng Fengxiang, whose illuminating lectures on translation theory and practice, on linguistics and stylistics have helped deepen my understanding of translation and have proved to be greatly beneficial to my composition of this dissertation.I am also grateful to my classmates, who were generous in helping me search for the reference books over the past several months and showing me great concerns during my precious period of postgraduate study.A Study of English Translation of Chinese Scenic-spot Introductionsfrom the Perspective of SkopostheorieAbstractWith the development of world economy and the contact among countries, tourism has entered a promising stage. China has become one of the largest tourist destinations in the world, whose breathtaking natural beauty is irresistible appealing to foreigners. The booming of tourism in China calls for extensive research on the translation of tourist texts in general, and landscape descriptions in particular. Tourist materials cover a large scope, including those which introduce China’s tourist industry and tourism resources, with average tourists as readers, such as scenic-spot introductions, tourist advertisements, notices and public signs in scenic spots, tour schedules and couplets hung on the columns of the tourist attractions, etc. Scenic-spot introductions, as one of the most important types of tourist materials, form the hard nut for translation. Therefore, by analyzing scenic-spot introduction materials, the author endeavors to discuss the translators’ ability based on the Skopos theory. It is the first and vital step for translators to clarify the translation purpose, and meanwhile, they should be equipped with the quality of dynamic adaptation in dealing with translation problems.The thesis is composed of four chapters:Chapter one reviews the literature related to the present study; introduces the development of tourist industry in China; elaborates on the features of scenic-spot introduction texts and analyzes the differences in tourist texts between English versions and Chinese versions.Chapter two advances the theoretical basis of this thesis---Skopos theory of German Functionalism, including the development of Skopos theory, the important concepts in Skopos theory such as text function, the criteria of evaluating the translation, etc.Chapter three discusses the significance of the Skopos theory in the translation of scenic-spot introductions.Chapter four proposes the translators’ ability based on Skopos theory, and as an additional theoretical support, adaptation theory is adopted to tackle some problems. Tourist material translation, as pragmatic translation, is an emerging and promising field for translation studies. The translators should understand that tourist material translation is ultimately evaluated by its acceptability among tourists, thus promoting tourism products and attracting foreign tourists. What’s more, the translators should be adaptive in choosing strategies depending on specific context in order to succeed in fulfilling the purpose of tourism translation.In conclusion, the present study purports to open a window on new, alternative approaches to the translation of scenic-spot introductions. Since tourism translation lays emphasis on the transmission of information and its publicity effect, what and how much information should be remained mainly depends on translation purpose and target readers’needs. Therefore, the Skopos theory has been confirmed to be applicable and successful in tourism translation. As far as the translators’ability is concerned, to specify the translation purpose is just the basic step for tourism translation. Furthermore, the translators should be adaptive because of the differences in culture background, aesthetic habits of readers and features of English and Chinese，and make proper choice accordingly.Key Words: Scenic-spot introduction translation; Skopos theory; Translator’s ability; Dynamic adaptation摘要世界经济的发展，各国人民之间的交流，带动了旅游事业的蓬勃发展。
