Transliteration In A Hotel

Liberal translation is an alternative approach generally used to convey the meaning and spirit of the original without trying to cope its sentence patterns or figures of speech. It means according to the meaning of the original, without paying attention to the details but translation would also be fluent and natural. Liberal translation need not pay attention to the form of the original, including construction of the original sentences, meaning of the original works, and metaphor of the original and so on. It is mainly applied when the original language and target language reflect a huge cultural difference, and it emphasizes the relative independence of the cultural system in target language and original language. So we use liberal translation

It means use Chinese character with similar pronunciation to translate foreign languages, this kind of Chinese character used for transliteration no longer has its own original meaning, but only retains its pronunciation and writing style. The advantage of the transliteration is it can make a language more accessible to people who are unfamiliar with that language’s alphabet. Transliteration focuses more on pronunciation than meaning, which is especially useful in tourism text translation, you can use it to discuss foreign people, places and

Firstly, compare the similarities and differences between Chinese and English hotel introduction texts from the aspects of language and culture. Secondly, based on the translatability and untranslatability, make a classification discussion of the English hotel name translation. Then, use specific examples to analysis the probably situation during the English-Chinese translation of the hotel information. At the last, summarize the translation methods which are commonly used in travel website translation-literal translation, liberal translation, transliteration, addition and omission. Through the analysis of the previous studies, we can find that “Skopos Theory” is the most suitable translation method for tourist translation. According to Skopos theory, the prime principle determining any translation process is the purpose of the overall translational action, the success of translation is whether it has reached the intended purpose. Therefore, translators should combine concrete circumstance and use appropriate methods to translate the tourism texts, make tourism texts more accessible to domestic tourists and inspire their tourist interest. From this, Chinese people can know more about English speaking countries’ culture, history and customs. And it can also increase the national inclusiveness and promote communication among all