China has attracted a lot of foreign tourists because of its beautiful and unique scenery resources。 Many tourist attractions and historical sites have been praised by foreign visitors。 As we all know, foreign tourists come from different countries and have different life experiences and cultural backgrounds。 However, in modern society, as an international language, English is regarded as the main tool of the international communication。 Tourist signs are considered to be of the greatest importance for tourist attractions。 They provide information for foreign visitors, for example, they can introduce location of tourist attractions and attractions’ infrastructure。 Therefore, travel signs are of great significance in cross cultural communication。 There is no doubt that the translation of the tourist signs that is proper and accurate can bring great convenience to foreign visitors。 However, due to the translators’ inappropriate translations or translators who are at low level and irresponsible scenic staff and so on, there are a lot of errors of the translation of scenic spot logos such as grammar errors。 The wrong translation will bring inconvenience to foreign tourists and make them feel uncomfortable or even harm to our country image。 Therefore, it is important and necessary to have a study on the Chinese -English translation of the tourist signs。

The goal of the translation of tourist signs is to serve foreign visitors, and the rapid development of tourism industry also stimulates the translation of tourist signs。 Tourist signs, to some extent, are the only way for foreign tourists to understand the background information。 They are said to be the voiceless guide to the foreign guests when they come into China。 Therefore, they deserve sufficient concerns and respect。 But in many 4A and 5A scenic spots, there still exists problems。 The writer pays a special visit to some scenic and historic spots finding that in some scenic spots, there are more than one problems in the translation of tourist signs, which makes the foreigners feel confused or even misleads them。文献综述

This paper analyzes the reasons leading to the translation errors and puts forward some strategies and suggestions for the translation of tourist signs。 The paper is made of five chapters。 Chapter One is a brief introduction。 Chapter Two is discussing in the definition, classification, functions of tourist signs。 The common errors in the translation of tourist signs is discussed in Chapter three。 Chapter Four is talking about the principles and suggestions for the translation of tourist signs。 Chapter Five is the conclusion。 The writer has listed the main findings, limitations of this paper and also put forward some suggestions for the future study。 来:自[优E尔L论W文W网www.youerw.com +QQ752018766-

II。 An Overview of Tourist Signs

In this chapter, the definition, classification, and functions of tourist signs are discussed in the following three sections。 

2。1 Definition of Tourist Signs 

A tourist sign is a traffic sign whose purpose is to direct visitors to tourist destinations, such as historic buildings, tourist regions, caravan or camp sites, picnic areas, sporting facilities or museums。