Examining cultural words translation in tourism texts: a systematic review

The steady growth of tourism is increasing the demand for tourism translation. Cultural words (CWs) translation is challenging since they are absent from target cultures. This systematic review examines studies on CWs translation in tourism texts to comprehend the literature and explore future resea...

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Main Authors: Chen, Shiyue, Mansor, Nor Shahila, Mooisan, Chin, Abdullah, Muhammad Alif Redzuan
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Published: Academy Publisher 2023
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107809/
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author Chen, Shiyue
Mansor, Nor Shahila
Mooisan, Chin
Abdullah, Muhammad Alif Redzuan
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Mansor, Nor Shahila
Mooisan, Chin
Abdullah, Muhammad Alif Redzuan
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description The steady growth of tourism is increasing the demand for tourism translation. Cultural words (CWs) translation is challenging since they are absent from target cultures. This systematic review examines studies on CWs translation in tourism texts to comprehend the literature and explore future research tendencies. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, researchers did a comprehensive literature review. Twenty-one articles met the inclusion criteria after the protocol-required data selection and screening. The findings reveal that scholars are increasingly concerned with CWs translation in tourism texts. Moreover, all the included articles used varied theories. Most of them focused on applying various taxonomies of translation strategies to compensate for the losses of cultural connotations in cultural words' rendition. Besides, other researchers focused on CWs translation from different perspectives, such as translation quality assessment, Eco-translatology, meaning equivalence, cultural manipulation, and relevance theory.
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spelling upm-1078092024-10-30T03:35:04Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107809/ Examining cultural words translation in tourism texts: a systematic review Chen, Shiyue Mansor, Nor Shahila Mooisan, Chin Abdullah, Muhammad Alif Redzuan The steady growth of tourism is increasing the demand for tourism translation. Cultural words (CWs) translation is challenging since they are absent from target cultures. This systematic review examines studies on CWs translation in tourism texts to comprehend the literature and explore future research tendencies. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, researchers did a comprehensive literature review. Twenty-one articles met the inclusion criteria after the protocol-required data selection and screening. The findings reveal that scholars are increasingly concerned with CWs translation in tourism texts. Moreover, all the included articles used varied theories. Most of them focused on applying various taxonomies of translation strategies to compensate for the losses of cultural connotations in cultural words' rendition. Besides, other researchers focused on CWs translation from different perspectives, such as translation quality assessment, Eco-translatology, meaning equivalence, cultural manipulation, and relevance theory. Academy Publisher 2023-03-02 Article PeerReviewed Chen, Shiyue and Mansor, Nor Shahila and Mooisan, Chin and Abdullah, Muhammad Alif Redzuan (2023) Examining cultural words translation in tourism texts: a systematic review. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 14 (2). pp. 499-509. ISSN 1798-4769; eISSN: 2053-0684 https://jltr.academypublication.com/index.php/jltr/article/view/5565 10.17507/jltr.1402.26
spellingShingle Chen, Shiyue
Mansor, Nor Shahila
Mooisan, Chin
Abdullah, Muhammad Alif Redzuan
Examining cultural words translation in tourism texts: a systematic review
title Examining cultural words translation in tourism texts: a systematic review
title_full Examining cultural words translation in tourism texts: a systematic review
title_fullStr Examining cultural words translation in tourism texts: a systematic review
title_full_unstemmed Examining cultural words translation in tourism texts: a systematic review
title_short Examining cultural words translation in tourism texts: a systematic review
title_sort examining cultural words translation in tourism texts: a systematic review
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107809/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107809/