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非文学翻译理念及工具 揭廷媛 以英文写作的原则指导汉英翻译 翻译和写作 Elementary Principles of Composition Make the paragraph the unit of composition: one paragraph to each topic. As a rule, begin each paragraph with a topic sentence; end it in conformity with the beginning. Use the active voice. Put statements in positive form. Omit needless words. Avoid a succession of loose sentences. Express coordinate ideas in similar form. Keep related words together. In summaries, keep to one tense. Place the emphatic words of a sentence at the end. 欧洲委员会翻译司(Directorate-General for Translation, European Commission) Fight the Fog: How to Write Clearly 读者为本(Put the reader first) 对于国际航班，建议在航班起飞时间前至少三小时到达机场。对于国内航班，在其航班起飞时间前至少两小时到达机场。 It is recommended that passengers on international flights get to the airport at least three hours before the scheduled take-off time. Passengers traveling within China should get to the airport at least two hours before the scheduled take-off time. We suggest that you arrive at the airport at least three hours before the scheduled take-off time for international flights, and two hours before the scheduled take-off time for flights within China. 用动词，不用名词(Use verbs, not nouns) The committee came to an agreement to the effect that a study should be carried out by the consultants into the feasibility of the provision of national funding. The committee agreed that the consultants should study the feasibility of providing national funding. 要具体，不要抽象(Concrete, not abstract) 积极推进企业人事制度改革，努力形成广纳群贤、人尽其才、能上能下，充满活力的用人机制。 Reform the personnel system and form a vigorous personnel mechanism under which we can gather large numbers of talented people, put them to the best use and get them prepared for both promotion and demotion. Promote reform of corporate personnel policies and develop general rules of appointment whereby able and virtuous people are selected and put to best use and incompetent ones are removed from office. 用主动，不用被动(Active, not passive) A recommen