A Study on the English Translation of Public Signs in Downtown Wenzhou

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10.2991/assehr.k.200331.019How to use a DOI?

Keywords

downtown Wenzhou, English translation of public signs, strategy, liberal translation

Abstract

As an important export-oriented economic city along the southeast coast of China, Wenzhou plays a pivotal role in the world. The process of internationalization in Wenzhou has accelerated in recent years. While as many as one million Wenzhou people go out to the rest of the world to conduct business activity, travel and further their studies, more and more foreigners come to Wenzhou to do business, study, work and live. Therefore, the importance of English translation of Chinese public signs to foreigners in Wenzhou is self-evident. Through the investigation, the author of this paper has fhas found on the whole, the English translation of public signs in Wenzhou urban areas is good, but there still exist some deficiencies, such as “dead translation”, mistranslation and unnecessary omission. The author believes that the English translation of public signs in Wenzhou can be standardized by referring to foreign parallel texts, free translation and creative translation, so as to facilitate foreigners who travel, study, work and live in Wenzhou.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xingyue Wang
AU  - Zhengbing Liu
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/04/02
TI  - A Study on the English Translation of Public Signs in Downtown Wenzhou
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Social Sciences and Economic Development (ICSSED 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 94
EP  - 99
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200331.019
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200331.019
ID  - Wang2020
ER  -