Lost in Translation： Millions of Tourists to China are Confused by a Myriad of ＂Chinglish＂ Misinterpretations  

作　　者：Huimei Liu Frank Feather Wei Qian 

机构地区：[1]Zhejiang University [2]Pacific-Asia Travel Association convention （Beijing, 1997） [3]Vice President of Beijing Second Institute of Foreign Languages

出　　处：《US-China Foreign Language》2004年第10期17-28,66,共13页美中外语（英文版）

摘　　要：This article examines the widespread misuse of English in China （called ＂Chinglish＂）, analyzes some of the main reasons why so many mistranslations occur, provides blatant examples of bad translation in the tourism industry, reviews some of the consequences of bad translation, and recommends actions to permanently correct the situation. [Note： Spelling and grammatical errors in quoted words and passages in this article are deliberate; they are as found in the original Chinglish examples.]

关 键 词：Chinglish translation tourism consequences causes solutions 

分 类 号：H3[语言文字]