Tour Guide Language Practice

Author: Wei Xing
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: This is the first monograph in China to explore 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 the various characteristics and patterns of this social variety, such as its form, context, communication, code-switching, as well as its aesthetic value and logicality, demonstrating its interdisciplinary comprehensiveness and cross-disciplinary nature. As the Beijing Olympic Games approach, tour guide translation is becoming an increasingly popular profession. This book will help improve the language cultivation of tour guide translation, with a broader readership and more clearly defined target audience, serving as a practical textbook for both current and aspiring tour guide translators, especially for foreign language tour guide personnel in self-study and training.