Study on the Building and Application of Multimodal Corpus of Chinese-to-English Translation of Tourist Public Signs in Dunhuang City
Public signs,as multimodal societal symbols accessible to the public,its standardization and digitiza-tion of the English translation and writing of public signs is an indispensable part of the internationalization con-struction.This paper,grounds in the paradigms of multimodality and corpus linguistics,examines the methods and processes involved in constructing a multimodal corpus for the Chinese-English translation of tourist public signs in Dunhuang City.The aim is to provide data resources for developing smart tourism software in Gansu Province,thereby promoting the advancement of smart tourism.The construction of this corpus contributes to the standardi-zation,informatization,and multimodality of C-E translations of tourist public signs in Dunhuang,offering new in-sights and methods for the transmission and research of Dunhuang culture and for teaching tourism translation.This study has broad application prospects in improving tourist satisfaction with language services,promoting the international transmission of Dunhuang's tourism culture,and playing a pivotal role in nurturing proficient translators.
Dunhuangtourist public signC-E translationmultimodal corpus