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ISSN 1712-8056[Print] Canadian Social Science ISSN 1923-6697[Online] Vol. 8, No. 4, 2012, pp. 172-177 DOI:10.3968/j.css.1923669720120804.1185 The Application of Peter Newmark’s Theory in Translating the Public Signs in the Scenic Spots ZHANG Ge[a],* [a] Graduate Student, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China. Lake, which features a variety of stories. Since 1990s, * Corresponding author. American theorist Laurence Venuti initially applied the Received 20 March 2012; accepted 14 August 2012 “domestication” and “foreignization” to translate the public signs (Xie, 2008). However, the foreign scholars didn’t do much to the public signs. Recently, with the Abstract development of the travel industry and the growing This paper mainly focuses on the research of Peter reputation of China, Foreigners are eager to see what’s Newmark’s theory, namely the communicative approach about China. China as a nation with a long history has and the semantic approach in translating the public signs many amazing things for the foreigner. The public sign is in the scenic spots. Public signs were collected around the guide for the foreigner. Chinese scholars and students the West Lake. Then I classify the public signs to which are engaged in translating the public signs. There are approach could a