A Corpus-based Linguistic Analysis of Translated Tourism Interpretive Panels under the Background of "Big Data". Issue 1 (March 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xiong, Jing
• Is Part Of: IOP conference series. Volume 693:Issue 1(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-03
• Subjects: Earth sciences -- Periodicals; Environmental sciences -- Congresses; Environmental sciences -- Periodicals; 550.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/693/1/012061
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1755-1307

Abstract

Abstract: This paper collects the interpretive panels from scenic spots in China and abroad and then establish two corpora ("CTETIPC" and "CETIPA" ). It analyzes and compares the linguistic features of translated and original English tourism interpretive panels from the aspects of STTR, MWL/MSL, nominalization, tense and voice. It is concluded that the translated English tourism interpretive panels are in some aspects non-standard. It is advised to take into consideration the different way of English expressions so as to better achieve the communicative effects.