功能理论视角下的汉语旅游景介的英译的中期报告AMid-termReportofChineseTourismScenicSpotsTranslationfromthePerspectiveofFunctionalTheoryAbstractTranslationplaysanimportantroleinthecross-culturalcommunicationinthefieldoftourism.Withthedevelopmentoftourism,tourismtranslationisgettingmoreattention.Basedonthefunctionaltheory,thispaperaimstoanalyzethetranslationfeaturesandstrategiesofChinesetourismscenicspots.Thepaperfocusesontheanalysisofthetranslationofsixscenicspots,andcomparesthetranslationversionswiththeoriginalChinesetextsfromtheperspectiveofequivalence,informativeness,andacceptability.TheanalysisshowsthatthefunctionaltheoryprovidesausefulframeworkforunderstandingthetranslationofChinesetourismscenicspots.Theresultsalsosuggestthatthetranslationstrategiesshouldbeadoptedbasedontheparticularfunctionsofthetouristtexts.Keywords:functionaltheory,tourismtranslation,scenicspots,equivalence,informativeness,acceptabilityIntroductionWiththedevelopmentoftourism,tourismtranslationhasbecomeanimportantfieldoftranslation.Translationhelpstobridgethecommunicationgapbetweendifferentlanguagesandcultures,facilitatingcross-culturalcommunicationbetweentouristsandlocalpeople.Tourismtranslationisacomplexanddynamicprocessbecauseitinvolveslinguistic,cultural,andcommunicativefactors.Toensurethequalityoftranslation,varioustheorieshavebeenproposedtoguidethetranslationpractice.Amongthesetheories,thefunctionaltheoryhasbeenwidelyusedintranslationstudies.Thefunctionaltheoryviewstranslationasacommunicativeactandemphasizestherelationshipbetweenthetranslator,thesourcetextandthetargettext.Thistheoryprovidesausefulframeworkforunderstandingthepurposes,functions,andcontextsoftranslation.Inthispaper,weaimtousethefunctionaltheoryasatheoreticalframeworktoanalyzethetranslationofChinesetourismscenicspots.MethodologyThispaperanalyzesthetranslationstrategiesandfeaturesofChinesetourismscenicspotsfromtheperspectiveoffunctionaltheory.SixscenicspotsinChinawereselectedastheresearchsample,includingtheForbiddenCity,theGreatWall,theSumm