上面的例子中，中文导游词先介绍修建古寨的目的，然后具体介绍其在明末农民战争中的用途。其介绍条理、清晰，能够满足中国人的审美标准。而其翻译中却出现了一些问题，如第一句“In the old time, people built castles for the purpose of defence”中出现了“people built castles”，然后在第四句中译文再次出现“people built castles”，给人拖沓累赘之感，这显然不符合英语导游词简洁的行文风格。建议改为：

At the end of Ming dynasty, people built castles for the purpose of defence，because uprisings happened constantly then. Once there was a fight，people would be sheltered in the castles, in which were enough water, food，and aims. So the practicality was more important than appreciation.

6.套译法

套译法即把汉语导游词的含义套用英语熟语。如：中国翻译协会近年来曾先后举办了两次研讨会，以确定“桂林山水甲天下”的最佳译文。其中著名应用翻译家、北京理工大学珠海分院教授吴伟雄的参赛译稿“East or West, Guilin Landscape is best”荣获大赛金奖。此后中国翻译协会再次组织专家献计献策，提出了“By water, by mountains，most lovely, Guilin” 的译法。这些译法诗意盎然，形象传神，文学色彩浓厚。