The Importance of Environmental English Public Signs to Xiong’an New Area’s Ecological Environment in China

Abstract

With the establishment and development of Xiong'an New Area in China, more foreign industries and visitors will be attracted to come here. Investigations made in our study show that the environmental English public signs are very important. They can offer directions for foreigners who can't understand Chinese well because they have these three functions: indication, suggestion and prohibition. In order to help Xiong'an New Area play its "eco card", the translators are supposed to attach great importance to the translation of environmental English public signs.

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“…Indicative signs were found to be more occurring and helpful to both local and foreign tourists who visit Cebu City. Table 2 displays the frequency of the functions of the public signs that were found in the five most visited places in Cebu City, according to Tang and Wang (2017). Table 2 shows that most of the public signs present along the roads and streets going to the five most visited places in Cebu City functions as indicative.…”

“…With this matter, locals and foreigners mostly visit the roads within the five tourist locations, which are the reason why indicative signs should be positioned to guide the public of the ways to take or to go to their destination, particularly if tourists want to visit the five tourist spots. As stated by Tang and Wang (2017), indicative public signs help foreigners to get the necessary information in going to a certain place.…”

“…This study aimed to determine and analyze the selected thirty public signs present in the five most visited places in Cebu City (Static signs and Dynamic signs) according to (Yang, 2009), functions of public signs (Indicative Function and Prohibitive Function) according to (Tang & Wang, 2017) Yang (2009), and the extent of effectiveness of the selected public signs in Cebu City.…”