Report On Translation Of Tour Guide Commentary Of Mount. Heng

Tour guide commentary is a king of explanation which guides speak to travelerswhen visiting scenic spots. It is also an instrument for guides to communicate withtravelers as well as transmit culture information. With the phenomenon of traveling isin the ascendant all over the world, China also receives foreign friends for traveling.As a famous tourist attraction in south of China, Mt. Heng receives thousands offoreign tourists every year. However, it is a pity that there is no official translation forits tour guide commentary. Those guides hold different expressions in introducing theculture of Mt. Heng, sometimes even exist many mistakes, which will lead negativeeffects for foreign tourists to understand the plentiful Chinese culture of Mt. Heng, andthen cause bad effects to the image of Mt. Heng.On acount of this reason, the author tries to translate the tour guide commentaryof Mt. Heng into English. Combine with the features of this kind of text, the authoruses Skopos Theory and other translation theories to analyze the translation problemsin translating as well as the translation methods that are adopted in this practice.Especially to conclude and explain the translation strategies of religious terms, namesof scenic spots and classical Chinese sentences in translating the tour guidecommentary of Mt. Heng.In the author’s opinion, the methods of follow-up explanation, looking for paralleltext, etc. can be used in translating religious terms. Then, to translate names of scenicspots can use transliteration, literal translation and so on, while liberal translation issuited for translating classical Chinese sentences. Translating tour guide commentaryneeds to adopt flexible translation skills, only in this way will the foreign touristsappreciate the beautiful landscape of China and accurately understand Chinesetraditional culture.