Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Research Background 1.1.1 Current Situation of Tourism in the World 1.1.2 Modem Tourism in China 1.2 Objectives of the Research 1.3 Data Collection and Methodology 1.4 Structure of the Thesis Chapter 2 Literature Review 2.1 Definition, Classification and Functions of Tourism Text 2.1.1 Definition 2.1.2 Classification 2.1.3 Functions of Tourism Text 2.2 A Review of Tourism Text Translation at Home and Abroad 2.2.1 Studies on Tourism Text Translation at Home 2.2.2 Studies on Tourism Text Translation Abroad 2.3 A Review of Adaptation Theory 2.4 Problems of Current Tourism Text Translation 2.4.1 Grammatical Mistakes 2.4.2 Pragmatic Mistakes 2.4.3 Cultural Mistakes Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework 3.1 Adaptation Theory 3.1.1 Making Choices 3.1.2 Three Key Notions in Adaptation Theory 3.1.3 Four Angles of Investigation 3.2 Methodology 3.2.1 Research Questions 3.2.2 Research Objects 3.2.3 Design of the Questionnaire 3.2.4 Reliability and Validity 3.3 Results Chapter 4 Adaptation to the Structure in Tourism Text Translation 4.1 Lexical Level 4.2 Syntactic Level 4.2.1 Long Sentences and Short Sentences 4.2.2 Conversion of the Sentence Order 4.2.3 Hypotaxis and Parataxis 4.2.4 Passive Voice and Active Voice 4.2.5 Phonetic Devices 4.3 Stylistic Level 4.3.1 Simile and Metaphor 4.3.2 Poetry 4.3.3 Parallelism 4.3.4 Repetition 4.3.5 Other Devices 4.4 Discourse Level Chapter5 Adaptation to the Physical World in Tourism Text Translation 5.1 Deixis of Time 5.2 Deixis of Place 5.3 Deixis of Person 5.4 Requirements on the Translator Chapter 6 Adaptation to the Mental World in Tourism Text Translation 6.1 The Aesthetic View of the Target Tourists 6.2 The Different Thinking Patterns 6.2.1 Linear and Spiral 6.2.2 Dialectical Synthesis and Analytic Thinking Chapter 7 Adaptation to the Social World in Tourism Text Translation 7.1 The Sociocultural Background 7.2 The Social Norms 7.2.1 Religion 7.2.2 Geography 7.2.3 Histories and Politics 7.3 Adaptation to the Readers' Feedback Chapter 8 Translation Strategies for Tourism Text Translation 8.1 Transliteration 8.2 Addition 8.3 Deletion 8.4 Analogy 8.5 Adaptation Chapter 9 Conclusion 9.1 The Research Rationale 9.2 Implications of the Thesis 9.3 Limitations of the Thesis References Appendix 1 Abbreviations Appendix 2 Questionnaire Appendix 3 近十年王国旅游文本翻译述评 Appendix 4 旅游广告词及语篇语境翻译的语用学阐释:关联-顺应视角 Appendix 5 旅游城市景点翻译的顺应论诠释 Appendix 6 翻译的顺应性研究