The Application of the Functional Equivalence n the Translation英语专业毕业论文.docxVIP

The Application of the Functional Equivalence in theTranslation of Chinese Tourist Guide1IntroductionTourism has become a prosperous industry all over the world.Since the early 1980s,with the development of the reform and opening-up policy,also thanks to the rich tourism resources—high mountains,great rivers andmysterious culture,China has attracted a large number of foreign tourists.The growth of tourism requires not only the rich tourism resources but also anappropriate language to publicize it.Thus,the translation of Chinese tourist guide is especially important.The translation of Chinese tourist guide serves as a bridge between China and the rest of the world.Appropriate translation can arouse the tourists’interest,so it will be helpful for publicizing China.However,in the process of translation,owing to the cultural differences between China and the Western countries,there must be some difficulties in understanding the translation.Accordingly,great importancehas been attached to the translation of Chinese tourist guide.Many translation theories have been put into practice.Among these theories,Nida’s functional equivalence is regarded as an effective way to overcome barriers in the mutual-understanding.Eugene A.Nidais a distinguished American translation theorist.His translationtheory has tremendous influence on the Western as well as Chinese translationstudies.His functional equivalence, which is developed fromdynamic equivalence,was introduced into China in the 1980s.Nida gave a clear definition of“dynamic equivalence”in the book The Theory and Practice of Translationin 1969.In this book,dynamic equivalence is defined as“in terms of the degree to which the receptors of the message in the receptor language respond to it in substantially the same manner as the receptors in the source language”(Toward a Science of Translating24).In this definition,dynamic equivalenceis defined with “receptor’s response” as its nature.In 1986,in his From One Language to Another,he