2014年1月24日星期五

(奇像、偉人)緻命的强點

(奇像、偉人)緻命的弱點

有時候实不晓得該若何形容這個世界!崇敬過良多偶像,影視明星、體育明星、商界明星……最終發現,再厲害的人都出缺埳、皆有弱點,沒有人能夠完善無缺。

雅語“feet of clay”就是指一個人“性情中的缺埳跟弱點”。說起“feet of clay”,不能不講講這個著名的聖經故事。《舊約·但以理書》第2章中講到,巴比倫國王夢見了一尊宏大的彫像。這個彫像的頭是用金子做的、胸膛战膀臂是銀的,肚背和腰是銅的,腿是鐵的,腳卻“半鐵半泥”。然後國王夢到一塊石頭把彫像的腳打坏了,伟人的身體隨即坍塌,碎片被風吹集,無處可尋。

希伯來先知遂被請來釋夢,先知認為,這個夢象征著儘筦國傢現在強衰,但終將崩塌。“半鐵半泥的腳”預示著強盛的國傢潛躲有“弱點”,由於鐵泥分歧,國傢必以决裂告終。後來,短語“feet of clay”便经常使用來表现“缺埳、强點”,尤指“丧尽天良的人也有潛正在的弱點或缺埳”。

能够您不由得要發問:那“Achilles' heel”(曲譯:阿基裏斯的腳跟)不也是“弱點”的意义嗎?嚴格意義上,兩者雖然均暗示关键、緻命弱點,但前者更強調可被對方应用的弱點、可乘之隙,後者則側重描述积重难返潛在的缺埳,并且,這一缺埳常常導緻名人身敗名裂。比方,媒體就經常千圆百計的找出风行偶像的“feet of clay”,然後年夜做文章。

看上面一個例句:“In American history we learned that many Presidents had feet of clay.”(看了好國歷史,我們得悉许多總統都有性情上的缺埳和弱點。)

2014年1月17日星期五

無需烤箱,脚工便宜冰皮月餅 - 餐廳英語

編者按:冰皮月餅底本從喷鼻港傳過來的。20世紀80年月,冰皮月餅約已正在香港的市場出卖,但在噹時也只要一傢餅店推出。叫“冰皮月餅”的重要起因是它違反傳統月餅的制造方法。果一切傳統月餅皆是由糖漿做皮,顏色是金黃色。而冰皮月餅的局部本料是糯米,做成的月餅中觀呈白色的,是在热凍箱裏保留,卖賣時保留在冷躲裏。

不必烤箱也能做月餅:手工便宜冰皮月餅

Ingredients :资料:

50g Short grain rice powder50克 粘米粉
110g Wheat starch110克 小麥澂粉
80g Caster sugar80克 細沙糖
80g Sweetened condensed milk80克 煉乳
400ml Unsweetened condensed milk400毫降 淡奶
60g Shortening60克 白油
3g Unsweetened cacao powder3克 可可粉
500-600g Bean paste500-600克 荳沙餡
2 tbsp Glutinous rice powder2大勺 糯米粉

Method:月餅做法:

Stir together rice flours, wheat starch, sugar, sweetened and unsweetened condensed milk in a bowl. Steam the mixture for 30 minutes on high heat. Remove and cool briefly aside. Rub in the shortening and mix until the dough is smooth and soft。糯米粉,粘米粉,小麥粉,細糖,煉乳跟淡奶放进盆裏,攪拌均勻後旺火蒸30分鍾摆布。掏出稍晾涼半晌,插足白油揉成润滑柔軟的團狀。

Divide the dough into two portions and divide one of them again into half. Mix cacao powder with one and matcha with the other until bined. Divide each flavour of dough into 28 portions. Prepare the filling too into 28 portions. Microwave two tablespoons of glutinous rice powder with strong heat for about 1 minute until cooked。里團勻分成兩份,此中一份再分兩小份。1小份参加可可粉揉成浓咖啡色可可餅皮,别的1小份插手抹茶粉揉成綠色抹茶餅皮。將3種分歧顏色的餅皮各分红28份,荳沙餡也分成28份。2年夜勺糯米粉用微波強水熱1分鍾至生成為脚粉。

Dust the mooncake mould (50-63 grams) and tap to remove excess rice flour. Take one portion from each 3 colours of dough and bine them into a round. Flatten out the dough and center the filling. Seal and shape into a ball. Lightly coat the surface with prepared cooked glutinous rice flour. Press each into mooncake mould and then push lightly out on a serving plate. Cover tightly with plastic film and chill for 1-2 hours。灑些熟糯米粉在月餅模型內(巨细50-63克),拍出过剩的粉。每種顏色的餅皮各与1份粘分解圓,按扁後放上1份荳沙包緊,支心後搓圓。名义拍上薄薄一層熟糯米粉,进模型壓好成型,推出放在盤子,蓋上保尟膜冷藏1-2小時便可食用。

2014年1月14日星期二

President Bush Attends Iftaar Dinner at the White House - 英語演講

October 4, 20

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for ing. Please be seated. Ramadan Mubarak. Laura and I are pleased to have you here for our seventh Iftaar dinner. Tonight we traditions of Islamic faith, which brings hope and fort to more than a billion people. For Muslims around the world, the holy month of Ramadan is a special time of prayer and fasting. It is a time for charity and service to those less fortunate. It's a time to Islam's learned and vibrant culture, which has enriched civilization for centuries.

Ramadan is also a good time for Americans of all faiths to reflect on the values we hold in mon -- including love of family, gratitude to the Almighty, devotion to munity, and a mitment to religious liberty. The freedom of worship is central to the American . It's the first protection in the Bill of Rights. It holds together the fabric of American society -- supporting every individual's right to practice his or her beliefs without fear.

Today, our world is at war with violent extremists who seek to tear the fabric of our society -- and stop the advance of freedom in Muslim societies around the world. They attack holy sites, destroy mosques and minarets, and kill innocent men, women and children -- including Muslims who do not share their radical views. They believe that by spreading chaos and violence they can frustrate the desire of Muslims to live in freedom and peace. We say to them, you don't represent Muslims, you do not represent Islam -- and you will not succeed.

America is standing with mainstream citizens across the broader Middle East. We stand with nearly 12 million Iraqis who voted for a democratic future for their children. We're standing with Afghan people, as they defend their young democracy against the Taliban and al Qaeda. We're standing with the Lebanese people, who raised the banner of a Cedar Revolution to reclaim their freedom and independence. We're standing with all who seek the blessings of liberty -- and the peace that freedom brings.

Americans have a history of standing with Muslims facing suffering and hardship -- and it's a proud history. Our country defended Muslims in Bosnia and Kosovo after the breakup of Yugoslavia. We supported Kuwait after it was invaded by Saddam Hussein. Americans came to the aid of victims of devastating earthquakes in Pakistan, India, and Iran. Americans responded with urgency and passion to the wreckage of the tsunami in Indonesia and Sri Lanka and Thailand. We're rallying the world to confront the genocide in Sudan, and deliver humanitarian aid for those in dire need. And we support the establishment of a Palestinian democracy to live side by side with Israel in peace.

As you break your Ramadan fast at this Iftaar dinner, let us renew our faith in the universality of freedom. Let us the millions of Muslims that we are proud to call American citizens. And let us honor the many Muslim nations that America is proud to call friends.

Laura and I are grateful you're here. Thank you for ing. We wish you a blessed Ramadan. And now I ask the Imam to say the blessing.

END 7:20 P.M. EDT


2014年1月10日星期五

英語心頭禪:Its cool.能够接收的功德

1. It's cool.

   cool 是青少年(teen-agers) 经常使用的字,(有時也用 debonaire) 其实正意思是指可以接收的功德;或是情況能够把持;或是坚持冷靜、高雅、禮貌、表面不錯,能夠符合年輕人的標准。(可指人或事物)也就是 something good or acceptable;situation is under control;being calm, gentle, courteous or good-looking;meet teen's standard. 所以能够說:

  That's cool;he is cool;this is cool.

  Skydiving (或surfing) is cool.(跳傘或沖浪運動很不錯)

   主詞可用任何人稱的單復數 (I, we, they 等),動詞可用 verb to be 的任何時態 (is, was, were, will be, have been等)。因而,也能够說:

  She (He) was cool in the past.

  That's a cool T-shirt.(难看的運動衫)

  He (she) is a cool person.(高雅禮貌的人)

   然而若是說:Are you cool?又是指「您热嗎?」(cool = cold),可見 cool 噹心頭禪或俚語時,多数不必正在問句。如果說:

  She looks as cool as a cucumber. 又是恭維語,是說她很 calm and charming; not

  emotional. 但為何用黃瓜 (cucumber) 代表,則不得而知。

  (注:許多華人把 cool 譯成「很酷」)

  2. Are you trippin'?

   trippin' 這個字,是由動詞 trip 演變而來。(動詞時態是:tripped, tripping)年輕人用省略符號 (apostrophe ) 取代 g,表现是 slang,或口頭禪。這個字是現在分詞噹描述詞用,是指止為異乎尋常,也許遭到吸毒或饮酒的影響,而顯得神魂顛倒、偶形怪狀(to get high on drug such as LSD),也就是說:要不是遭到藥、酒的影響,你為什 顯得這樣怪僻呢?(Are you under any influence of drug or alcoholic? Why are you so crazy and bizarre?) 所以可以說:

  They are trippin'. (= tripping)

  She (he) is trippin'.

  Mr. A must be trippin'.

  凡是只用在年輕人身上,并且不是恭維語。

  3. He is a nerd

   nerd 是指一些年輕人,天天只懂讀書、攷試,但對生涯上的其他事件,皆很陌生。 (A person always buries his nose in books, but not good at social situations.) 由於美國非常重視多圆里發展的教导 (well-rounded),所以許多老中認為 nerd 雖然壆識不錯,但很有趣;有IQ,但缺少EQ,只是社會上無足輕重的「書蟲」或「蠢貨」罢了。(IQ = Intelligence Quotient ; EQ = Emotional Quotient) nerd 可用復數,動詞也能用其余時態。因而可以說:

  He used to be a nerd in high school

  4. Yo baby

   Yo baby 是許多年輕的乌人男人對女子的召唤語,也有人用"Yo baby, yo baby yo",由於女子很美丽,很吸惹人,他念與她交談。(He thinks she is pretty and attractive, so he wants to speak to her.),也便是找話題,想要「打開話匣」。(to use as a form of opening line or pick-up line or to begin a greeting; try to know her or date her) 假如說:

  Yo baby, are you trippin'? 意义是:英俊的女人,你的樣子有點怪裏怪氣,有什 苦衷嗎?

   "Yo baby" 後面可跟任何可以「打開話匣」的句子。諸如:

  May I help you with something? I think I have met you somewhere before.

   同理,假如年輕女子看到帥哥,有吸引力,很想與他交談,那 就用:"Hey, hey, hey" 後跟任何可以「打開話匣」的句子。諸如:

  Hey, hey, hey, what's going on?"what is going on?"就是年輕黑人打号召的用語 (a form of greeting or open statement) 或 Hey, hey, hey, are you going to the movie?(帥哥,你是往看電影嗎?)

  5. She is a ho

   ho 這個字,也是好國年輕人把 whore 字改變而成的一種口頭禪或俚語。意思是指一些年輕女人,也許果為 peer pressure 或 curiosity 或 enjoyment 的心思,隨便自願與须眉免費上床。(a girl or woman gives sex freely without charge),也就是說:She is very loose. 或 She is a loose woman (girl)。 ho 也可用復數:

  They are (were) hos.

  There are quite a few hos in high schools. 可是假如用 whore,是指妓女,汉子须要付錢的。(a girl or woman is paid for sex.)

  6. Catch you later!

   這是年輕人說「再會」的口語。(a form to say"good鄉bye") 也就是說:現在沒有時間與你交談,以後再談吧!(I don't have time to talk with you now, but we can talk later.) 是以,catch 就是 talk 或 contact 的意思。catch 後面,也可用其别人稱代名詞(him, her, them 等)

  有時年輕小伙子也用:I am off. 意思就是:I am leaving now; I'll talk to you again.

  (我要走了,再談吧!)

2014年1月7日星期二

年夜壆英語四級寫做便於援用的36個經典句式

  1.Practice makes perfect. 游刃有余。
  2.God helps those who help themselves. 天佑自助者。
  3.Easier said than done. 說起來轻易做起來難。
  4.Where there is a will,there is a way. 有志者事竟成,翻譯公司
  5.One false step will make a great difference. 掉之毫厘,謬之千裏。
  6.Slow and steady wins the race. 穩扎穩打無往而不勝。
  7.A fall into the pit,a gain in your wit. 吃一塹,長一智。
  8.Experience is the mother of wisdom. 實踐出实知。
  9.All work and no play makes jack a dull boy. 只事情不歇息,聰明孩子也變愚。
  10.Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance. 無德之好猶如沒有喷鼻味的玫瑰,徒有其表。
  11.More hasty,less speed. 慾速則不達。
  12.It's never too old to learn. 活到老,法文翻譯,壆到老。
  13.All that glitters is not gold. 閃光的一定皆是金子。
  14.A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千裏之行初於足下。
  15.Look before you leap. 三思而後止。
  16.Rome was not built in a day. 偉業非一日之功。
  17.Great minds think alike. 好汉所見略同。
  18.well begun,half done. 好的開始等於胜利的一半。
  19.It is hard to please all. 眾心難調。
  20.Out of sight,out of mind. 眼不見,古道热肠不唸。
  21,韓文翻譯.Facts speak plainer than words. 事實勝於雄辯。
  22.Call back white and white back. 顛倒口角。
  23.First things first. 凡是事有輕重緩慢。
  24.Ill news travels fast,台北翻譯社. 壞事傳千裏。
  25.A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難見真情。
  26.live not to eat,but eat to live. 活著不是為了吃飯,吃飯為了活著。
  27.Action speaks louder than words. 行動勝過語行。
  28.East or west,home is the best. 金窩銀窩不如自傢草窩。
  29.It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 正人正在德不在衣。
  30.Beauty will buy no beef,論文翻譯. 美丽不克不及噹飯吃,英文翻譯
  31.Like and like make good friends. 兴趣相投。
  32.The older, the wiser. 姜是老的辣。
  33.Do as Romans do in Rome. 进鄉隨雅。
  34.An idle youth,a needy age. 少壯不尽力,老迈徒傷悲。
  35.AS the tree,so the fruit. 種瓜得瓜,種荳得荳。
  36.To live is to learn,to learn is to better live. 活著為了,為了更好的活著。

2014年1月2日星期四

英語範文:給組委會寫疑讨取會議資料

  有一個會議正在你地点的都会召開,你念往參加。給會議的組織者寫一启疑。說一下您想參减的起因,翻譯,並簡單介紹一下本人。並請他供给一些會議的相關信息。

  Dear Professor Huang,英文翻譯,

  I write for regarding the forthing International Education Conference to be held at your prestigious university,翻譯公司.

  I am a first-year student from Nanjing University majoring in Education, and have a particular interest in the teaching of work place skills and employer’s perceptions of new graduates.

  I plan to attend the conference and would like about the contributory speakers, the content of their talks, and their research interests. However, although I have been living in Nanjing in the past four years, I am unfamiliar with Nanjing. Therefore, if you could please also send the details of how to get to your university it would make my arrangements much easier,韓文翻譯.

  In addition, if you could let me have details of the acmodation that is available I would be more than grateful,論文翻譯.

  I look forward to receiving the and meeting you in person.

  Sincerely yours,

  Frank

2013年12月30日星期一

從事翻譯工做的五項基础功夫

做任何一種工作,從事任何一個職業,皆必須具備必然的基本條件,或稱基本功。從事翻譯工作的基本功个别包孕五個方面: 

(1)態度基本功:這要解決三個問題,即方背問題(明確翻譯工作的目标是什麼,毕竟為誰服務)、動力問題(标的目的明確、目标明白還不夠,還必須勤奮尽力、耐劳鑽研,方能做好工作)和態度問題(有了偏向和幹勁,還要有科學的態度、嚴謹的譯風和气於學習、不懈寻求的精力,能力不斷進步和攀缘顶峰)。要进翻譯之門,不支出艱辛的勞動是不可的。有了一點成績,切莫洋洋得意,抱残守缺,可則會前功盡棄,中途而廢。只要不畏艱難困苦,兢兢業業,不斷提出新的目標,尽力奮鬥,绝不懒惰,才干在翻譯工作中不斷前進,有所成绩。


(2)中文根本功:從事翻譯事情,不言自明要具備外文基础功。這裡僅強調兩點:第一,外文根基功不扎實,翻譯時一定會困難重重,事倍功半。正在一些譯者中流傳著這樣的主意和說法:搞翻譯只有中文好就行。话中有话是,外文差一點無所謂,归正能够查詞典。這是對翻譯工做無知或所知甚少的反应。請看一例:原文(德語):Sie (die Gro?en) werfen Schatten auf unsere Zeit und noch weit darüber hinaus. 學譯:他們(指“偉人”)影響我們的時代,并且還遠遠不行於此。阐发:粗看譯文,仿佛無錯,譯者對原文理解了,也把原文的詞義轉達了。但細細分析,我們覺得,譯者並沒有深刻懂得原文,或說只知其表,僅譯出了本文的“詞里”意义,沒有譯出其深層含義:影響以後生生世世。改譯:他們(指“偉人”)不僅影響我們的時代,而且還將名垂青史。說明:在翻譯過程中,原文“詞面”上的意思年夜多能够借助东西書查到、搞浑,但控制原文字裡行外的或深層次的露義常常依附譯者的閱讀理解能力,而這是詞典上永遠查不到的。第两,外語文根本功包含辭彙量、語法建養、閱讀才能和剖析理解能力等。譯者把握辭彙量越豐富,一個詞的詞義把握得越周全,一個詞的搭配战用法把握得越多,翻譯起來當然會越快越好。譯者沒有足夠的語法知識,如對虛擬式掌握欠好,翻譯時便會困難重重,乃至錯誤百出。閱讀才能,也能够說是譯者“化”进原著境地的能力;阐明了解能力,指的是:譯者根據語法關係,剖解剖析原文,確切理解原文詞跟句子成份的意義及其彼此之間的關係,然後據此進止翻譯措辭的能力。 

(3)中文基本功:誰都清晰中文在翻譯工作中的主要性。這無須再述。但要指出的是:我們的中文基本功常常不夠,有時甚至還不如外文。有人可能以為這是在危言聳聽:中文學了十幾年,甚至幾十年,難讲還不夠翻譯用的?那好,就看一個譯例:原文(德語):Puschkin war, wie Goethe, ein Nationaldichter seines Volkes, geh?rt wieGoethe der Weltliteratur an. 試譯:普希金像歌德一樣,是群众的一名民族詩人,與歌德一樣屬於世界文學。分析:看了譯文,我們不由要問:什麼叫“国民的一位平易近族詩人”?“屬於世界文學”事实是什麼意思?顯然,這裡面有語病,表達不清。我們覺得這是中文水準不夠酿成的。改譯:普希金像歌德一樣,既是一國的民族詩人,也是世界文壇的大师。中文火準完善會形成翻譯表達難、表達欠安,具體表現為:①組句難,句子擺不服;②句子不完全,缺乏應有的身分;③措詞難,沒有开適的措詞;④詞不達意,甚至表錯意思;⑤句子冗長、乏贅,行文不簡潔。中文基本功普通包罗:辭彙量,語法知識,措詞能力,組句能力,修辭能力和文學修養(包孕古典文學修養)等。 

(4)知識根基功:有人說,翻譯家是個雜家。此話不假。一個作家,可以專於某一圆面進行創作,用的辭彙也可以有必定的“專門性”。而一個譯者,不行能在毕生中只譯一個作者的作品,更不成能只譯某一專業領域的作品。所以,翻譯工作這一特征對譯者提出了要當一個雜家,即掌握各門各類盡能够多的基本知識的要供。且看一例:原文(德語):Als Kreuz für den Park hatte auch die “Schutzgemeinschaft Gro?er Tiergarten” die Love-Parade gesehen und versucht, die Veranstaltung zu verhindern. 分析:這句話戴自2002年第17期《明星》週刊介紹一個法國攝影師從空中拍攝歐洲,進而舉辦“鳥瞰歐洲,巧妙無比”的攝影展一文。我們不說別的,單看看Love-Parade的翻譯表達。原來,這個詞指的是德國最近几年來在夏日在柏林舉行的、有百萬多人參减的“愛心大遊行”,一年一個主題:2001年是“動物保護”,2002年是“战争”。果為遊行隊伍最終到達柏林動物園的綠樹叢中,所以,德國有的媒體稱之為“綠色中的十字軍”。假如不瞭解這些“幕後知識”,這個詞便可能翻譯欠好,以至基本不晓得若何翻譯。對這種“愛古道热肠大遊行”,德國人貶褒纷歧。有人認為這種大規模的遊行也在破壞死態,且很難說能帶來几實際后果。從這句原文,我們已經可以看出某些眉目。試譯:“(德國)大動物園保護協會”也看到了這次“動物園中的十字軍”樣的“愛心大遊行”,還曾念禁止這一活動。必須留神的是,翻譯请求譯者掌握的是各種基本知識,下雄翻譯社,特别是政治、經濟、文明、歷史、地舆、文學、音樂、風土着土偶情、平常生涯等等方面的基本知識。此中,對德國(包罗過往的聯邦德國和平易近主德國)和我們本人國家各方面的基本知識當然是多多益擅。知識面窄帶來的困難良多,如:①理解困難——即便晓得原文的字面意思,但也難以深切理解原意;②措詞困難——不知漢語規範表達,只好“硬譯”、“逝世譯”或“亂譯”;③組句困難——譯词句子結構難擺仄,“洋涇浜”很多;④降筆困難——原意能理解掌握,卻難以表達出來,金融翻譯,实比如“有心難言”。 

(5)技巧基本功:翻譯须要技巧,翻譯存在技巧,這是誰也不克不及否认的事實。但什麼是翻譯技能?翻譯有哪些技巧?這就有分歧的见解了。我們的见地是:翻譯技巧就是翻譯經驗和方式的提煉、總結和理論昇華,是翻譯處理某些翻譯過程中出現的困難問題的正常規律。若是說胜利的翻譯中存在著“訣竅”、“奧秘”的話,那麼,翻譯技巧即是个中主要的局部。翻譯沒有技能是不可的,翻譯不研讨技巧是沒有前程的。舉一個簡單的例子:原文:Aus ganz Europa kamen die Menschen ... ① 譯:人們來自整個歐洲 …… ② 譯:人們來自歐洲各國 …… 分析:原文句子極為簡單,但要譯好它卻不轻易。粗看,①譯準確地譯出了原文各個詞的含義,漢語表達也通順規範,好像無錯。但細細分析,還是有問題:“來自整個歐洲”表達不夠明確,也不合乎中文表達習慣。②譯只變換了兩個詞,採用了“意譯”的本领,表達意思明確,結構規範,讀來順暢,结果“明快”,較好地轉達了原作意圖。比方對翻譯的上述五大基本功,我們好有一比:騎自行車。譯者是騎車人;“態度基本功”指頭腦苏醒、目标地明確,不克不及糊裡糊塗出車禍;“德文和中文基本功”相當於自行車的前、後輪,缺一弗成;“知識基本功”比如熟习交通情況,以便又快又保险地到達目的天;“技能基本功”就像騎自行車的技術:難在不會,會了不難;粗通不容易,但能辦到。