Tour Guide Translation -- --Language Practice: Language Practice

Author: Wei Xing
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: This is the first monograph in China that explores the language cultivation of tour guide translation. The book provides a comprehensive and systematic discussion of tour guide translation language from the perspective of pragmatics, revealing various characteristics and patterns of this social variety, such as its form, context, communication, code-switching, as well as its aesthetic value and logicality. It exhibits interdisciplinary integration and cross-disciplinary nature. With the approaching Beijing Olympic Games, tour guide translation is becoming an increasingly popular profession. This book will help improve the language cultivation of tour guide translation and enhance the professionalism of tour guide translators. The readership is broader and more targeted, making it a practical textbook for current and aspiring tour guide translators, as well as for college and vocational students, particularly foreign language tour guide personnel for self-study and professional development.