The Translation Strategy for Local History and Relevant Images and Texts
According to time period covered,local histories are categorized into general histories and dynastic ones,into comprehensive and thematic ones according to content and into provincial,prefectural and county-lev-el ones according to geographic extent.The English-language translation of history-related texts in museum gal-leries should at least meet the following requirements:1)first of all,foreign visitors should be able to under-stand the translation;2)secondly,translators may go further by making them more literary;3)finally,recom-positions,additions or deletions of the original text should not distort the latter's meanings.Ningbo,Drawing on the author's translating pratices within China Port Museums display"A land Closely Connected with Seas:History of Beilun"in Ningbo,the paper supports the views mentioned above.
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