国家公园具有国家代表性和国家象征意义,发挥着对内凝聚民族共识对外自塑国家形象的重要功能。国家公园解说词是国家公园文化资源的重要组成部分,因其担负着资源自主编码和意义主动阐释的作用,解说词文本是国家话语载体之一。该类文本的英译不仅是跨文化阐释也是对外塑造国家文化形象和建构对外话语的实践场域。本文以《普达措国家公园解说词》的英译为例,深入分析背景知识涵盖面广、文化内涵深厚的解说词中存在的文化缺省现象,并探究相应的翻译补偿策略,以重现原文本的文化魅力与美学价值,从而自主构建国家话语体系,展现积极的国家形象。National parks, with their national representativeness and symbolic significance, play a crucial role in consolidating national consensus internally and shaping the country’s image externally. The interpretive texts of national parks are an essential part of their cultural resources, as they bear the function of autonomous encoding of resources and proactive interpretation of meanings, making them one of the carriers of national discourse. The English translation of the texts is not only a practice of cross-cultural exchanges but also a significant field for shaping the country’s cultural image and constructing external discourse. Taking the English translation of the “Interpretive Text of the Pudacuo National Park” as an example, this paper deeply analyzes the phenomenon of the cultural defaults in the interpretive text, featuring a broad coverage of background knowledge and profound cultural connotations. It explores corresponding translation compensation strategies to reproduce the cultural charm and aesthetic value of the original text, thereby independently constructing a national discourse system and presenting a positive national image.
