A Probe into the English Interpretation and Education of Science Museum-Take Shanghai Astronomy Museum as an Example

Abstract

In this globalized era, the phenomenon of "cultural multi-element co-generation" and "cultural flow" has become increasingly prominent, and the country needs to improve its cultural soft power in an all-round way. The function of the museum is not only to display, education and collection, but also has the responsibility for the communication of foreign language. Therefore, English interpretation is an important force to help the museum develop this function. Taking the Shanghai Planetarium as an example, this paper discusses the problems in the English interpretation of science Museum, and mainly puts forward the following three suggestions: first, to attract more talents with astronomical knowledge background; second, to strengthen the astronomical knowledge training for non-astronomical professional interpreters; third, to comprehensively improve the English interpretation level of interpreters and educators by means of cooperation between museums and schools, and to build a sustainable platform for English interpretation and communication.