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Touring the translation of the advertising discourse
Touring the translation of the advertising discourse

Author(s): Olenka Maria Mănescu (Dicu)
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Media studies, Applied Linguistics, Communication studies, Sociolinguistics, Translation Studies
Published by: Editura Politehnica
Keywords: advertising; cross-cultural; mediation; tourism; translation;

Summary/Abstract: Promotional and advertising texts come in different forms and, nowadays, they represent a considerable amount of material on the translation market. Advertisements, brochures, websites, tourist guides, information campaigns, all these aim to achieve one major goal: that of persuading the reader to buy something, either a product or a service. Undoubtedly, their translation requires approaching some techniques, which, although they may vary depending on their typology, are all aimed at maintaining the same persuasive purpose. This often calls for in-depth cultural adaptation and, occasionally, thorough rewriting. Tourism advertising, the focus of our research, is no exception to it, engaging a lot of ‘creative translation’ of both language and other stimuli.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 70-78
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English