导游翻译 第五讲 |
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2．Expressive
The Guide should learn to express his or her ideas clearly and smoothly
in their interpreting. This, of course, depends English level of the Guide
and then on his or her oratory. However, since the interpreting covers
many aspects of vocabulary, the Guide can not be expected to know all the
vocabularies. In this case, the Guide must be able to go a roundabout war
or beat about the bush to convey the meaning to tourists in an expressive
way. Therefore, in a slack season, the Guide should try to enrich his or
her knowledge and vocabularies by doing more reading to prepare for more
expressive interpreting next time.
3．Informative
The Guide should make a special effort to hunt for the latest information
about the places and the scenic spots the Guide has to accompany the foreign
tourists to go to. The Guide has to be familiar with the history, culture
and background of the historical sites and cultural relics. The Guide's
knowledge and information of these places would guarantee the quality of
the interpreting. If the Guide is ignorant of and knows very little of
the places he or she is going to, the result of his or her interpreting
must be very poor.
4．Efficient
The Guide must be very efficient in dealing with foreign affairs. Whatever
the Guide does or is asked to do, he or she must try to do it quickly and
efficiently. In general, there are numerous things and activities to be
done and arranged, so working efficiency actually reflects one's working
style. Foreign tourists would trust and efficient Guide to get things done
more quickly rather than rely on an inefficient Guide who often procrastinates
in his or her work.
Ⅳ Five Diligences
The following five diligences are extraordinarily important to a qualified
Guide. If the Guide posesses these five diligences, his or her service
must be satisfactory; if the Guide is very lazy in his or her service and
interpreting, foreign visitors would make a complaint and ask for a diligent
Guide.
1．Eyes Open
A Guide would generally accompany a foreign group of thirty or fifty people
who are usually over sixty years old. The Guide is duty-bound to take special
care of their safety and health, so the Guide should always be alert and
keep his or her eyes open in case something unexpected should happen, either
an old lady should suddenly fall ill or an old gentleman fall down on a
slippery road. Therefore, during the trip, the Guide should try to be a
keen observe, keeping his or her eyes open all the time for a better service.
2．Ears Attentive
During the trip or on the way to a place, or on the train, the Guide should
be attentive to listen to tourists' opinions and suggestions. Sometimes,
foreign tourists have some opinions about the itenerary or schedule, but
they do not want to make a fuss but just reveal their dissatisfaction in
the conversation among themselves. If the Guide's ears are attentive and
overhear the dialogue, he or she would report this to his or her superiors
and make some necessary or possible changes in the itenerary or schedule,
foreign visitors would definitely appreciate the Guide's service very much.
3．Legs In Motion
To work as a tour Guide is a demanding job. The Guide is kept on his or
her toes almost al the time in the trip. The Guide would go to one unit
to get something done and hurry to another unit to have something properly
arranged. The Guide's legs, therefore, are in motion all along. The Guide
has to go to foreign tourists very often to know their responses and notify
them the arrangement for the next day. Of course, the Guide can let his
or her fingers do the walking and diligent in making telephone calls to
those units concerned. However, the Guide has to from a good habit of dealing
with all those important procedures in person so as not to delay anything
in progress.
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