Abstract:Under the guidance of Eugene Nida’s Functional Equivalence theory, this paper analyzes the mistranslation of public signs in major scenic spots of Huai’an in terms of accuracy, briefness, politeness, and other principles, laying out the mistranslations from five aspects, and then attaching importance to the English version of public signs from the five perspectives.

Key words: English public signs; Huaian; English translation problems; countermeasures

CONTENTS

Abstract

中文摘要

1. Introduction-1

2. Principles of translation of public signs-2

2.1 Accuracy-2

2.2 Simplicity-2

2.3 Politeness-3

3. Analysis on errors of public signs in Huai’an-3

3.1 Inaccuracy-3

3.2 Abuses of pinyin-4

3.3 Chinglish-4

3.4 Misleading translation tools-4

3.5 Inauthentic and inappropriate-5

4. Advice to the translation of public signs in Huaian City-6

4.1 Government-6

4.2 Public-6

4.3 Media-7

4.4 Tourists-7

4.5 Translator-7

5. Conclusion-8

Bibliography-9

Acknowledgements-10