基于功能翻譯理論的蘇州酒店簡介英譯研究的中期報告IntroductionThisisamid-termreportontheresearchstudyonEnglishtranslationofSuzhouhotelintroductionbasedonfunctionaltranslationtheory.Thereportincludesresearchobjectives,literaturereview,methodology,currentprogress,andexpectedoutcomesoftheresearch.ResearchObjectives1.Toinvestigatetheprinciplesandtechniquesoffunctionaltranslationtheoryanditsapplicationinthetranslationoftourismtexts.2.ToexaminethespecificlanguagefeaturesofSuzhouhotelintroductionandthecommunicativepurposeofthetext.3.ToidentifythetranslationissuesandchallengesfacedintranslatingSuzhouhotelintroductionintoEnglish.4.Toproposeeffectivetranslationstrategiesandtechniquesbasedonfunctionaltranslationtheorytoaddressthetranslationproblemsandimprovethequalityofthetranslatedtext.LiteratureReviewTheliteraturereviewfocusesontwomaintopics:functionaltranslationtheoryandtranslationoftourismtexts.Thefunctionaltranslationtheoryemphasizesthetranslationprocessasameansofachievingcommunicativefunctionsinthetargetlanguage.Itaimstobridgetheculturalandlinguisticgapsbetweenthesourcelanguageandthetargetlanguage,andtoensureeffectivecommunicationbetweenthetwoparties.Thetheoryhasbeenwidelyappliedinvarioustranslationfields,includinglegal,medical,technical,andliterarytranslation.Tourismtexts,asauniquegenreoftexts,haveattractedgrowingattentionfromresearchersinrecentyears.Thestudiesontourismtextsmainlyfocusontheirlanguagefeatures,suchastourismterminology,discoursestructure,andrhetoricalstrategies,andtheircommunicativepurpose,suchasadvertising,informationprovision,andpersuasion.However,thereislimitedresearchonthetranslationoftourismtexts,especiallythetranslationofhotelintroductionsinspecificcontexts.MethodologyTheresearchadoptsaqualitativeresearchmethod,incorporatingdocumentanalysisandtranslationpractice.Thestudysamplesareselectedfromthehotelintroductionsoffour-starandfive-starhotelsinSuzhou,China.Theresearchfollowsthefollowingsteps:1.CollectthehotelintroductionsinChineseandEnglishfromthehotelofficialwebsites.2.AnalyzethelanguagefeaturesandcommunicativepurposeofthehotelintroductionsinChineseandEnglish.3.ConductacomparativeanalysisofthehotelintroductionsinChineseandEnglish,focusingonthetranslationissuesandchallenges.4.Applythefunctionaltranslationtheorytoproposeeffectivetranslationstrategiesandtechniquestoaddressthetranslationproblems.5.TranslatetheselectedhotelintroductionsfromChinesetoEnglishbasedontheproposedstrategiesandtechniques.6.Evaluatethequalityofthetranslatedtextsbasedonthecriteriaofaccuracy,fluency,andreadability.CurrentProgress1.ThehotelintroductionsinChineseandEnglishhavebeencollectedandanalyzedintermsoftheirlanguagefeaturesandcommunicativepurpose.2.ThecomparativeanalysisofthehotelintroductionsinChineseandEnglishhasbeenconducted,andthetranslationissuesandchallengeshavebeenidentified.3.Thefunctionaltranslationtheoryhasbeenappliedtoproposeeffectivetranslationstrategiesandtechniquestoaddressthetranslationproblems.4.Thetranslationpracticeoftheselectedhotelintroductionsisinprogress.ExpectedOutcomes1.Theresearchwillcontributetothedevelopmentoffunctionaltranslationtheoryinthetourismtranslationfield,especiallyinthetranslationofhotelintroductions.2.ThestudywillproduceasetofeffectivetranslationstrategiesandtechniquesfortranslatingSuzhouhotelintroductionsintoEnglish,whichcanserveasareferencefortranslatorsandprofessionalsinthetourismindustry.3.The