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Handbook of Translation Studies: Volume 5
Edited by Yves Gambier and Luc van Doorslaer
[Handbook of Translation Studies 5] 2021
► pp. 213–220

Tourism translation

| The National University of Malaysia
| Monash University
Article outline
  • 1.Nature of tourism promotional materials
  • 2.Textual functions
  • 3.Cultural factors
  • 4.Environmental/market factors
  • 5.Conclusion
  • References
  • Further essential reading
Published online: 16 September 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hts.5.tou1
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Further essential reading

Agorni, Mirella
2018 “Cultural Representation Through Translation: An Insider-Outsider Perspective on the Translation of Tourism Promotional Discourse.” Altre Modernita 20:253–275. DOI logo.Google Scholar
Errasti, Maria Pilar Navarro, Rosa Lorés Sanz, and Silvia Murillo Ornat
(eds) 2004 Pragmatics at Work: The Translation of Tourist Literature. Bern: Peter Lang.Google Scholar
Federici, Eleonora
2019 “Translating the ‘Other’ for the Western World for more than a decade: Incredible India! campaigns.” Altre Modernita 21:124–139. DOI logo.Google Scholar
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