Register Theory And The C-E Translation Of The Tourism Text

With the economic globalization and China's opening-up policy, China's tourism industry has developed rapidly and the tourism translation has also played a pivotal role in attracting tourists from outside of China, developing this industry and presenting China's image. Since the introduction of the register theory into China, many scholars in China have become aware of the importance of the register theory to translation and many translation theories have been applied to the study of the tourism translation. But the theoretic impact of the register theory on other translation theories is not yet systematically studied, nor is the application of the register theory to the practice of Chinese-English tourism translation.The purpose of this paper is to use the register theory to analyze the distinctive features of the tourism translation from the angles of genre, language and constraints and identify the theoretical and practical impact of the register theory on the tourism translation for a better application. Register theory is a wonderful guarantee in fully reproducing the meaning of source texts and in uplifting the esthetic and vocative value of the tourism translation by focusing on the correct transference of register to ensure the perfect co-ordination of the register between the source language and the target language. The detailed study on the correct application of the register theory to the tourism translation with specific examples through the impact route of field, mode and tenor to achieve the ideational, interpersonal and textual equivalence will benefit the tourism translation as well as the development of tourism industry in China.