Chinglish-1.pptVIP

What is Chinglish? (1) Chinglish is that misshapen, hybrid language that is neither English nor Chinese but that might be described as “English with Chinese characteristics.” What is Chinglish? (1) Part One Unnecessary Words What is good writing? “Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.” ( “The Elements of Style ” by William Strunk, Jr., and E. B. White ) Any words which perform no useful function in the sentence ── that is, which add nothing to the meaning ── should be edited out. Part One Unnecessary Words Unnecessary Nouns and Verbs ● Nouns: ● Look at the following examples: 1. to accelerate the pace of economic reform 加快经济改革的步伐 2. there have been good harvests in agriculture 农业获得丰收 3. living standards for the people in both urban and rural areas continued to rise 城乡人民生活水平不断提高 4. these hardships are temporary in nature 这些艰难困苦实际是暂时的 5. the development of our economy in the future will, to a large extent, depend on… 未来我国经济的发展在很大程度上依赖于… 6. We should adopt a series of measures to ensure that… 我们应采取一系列措施以保证… (Reason: Most unnecessary nouns in Chinglish appear not alone but in short phrases, combined with articles and prepositions. They are plainly redundant because their sense is already included or implied in some other element of the sentence.) Look at the following examples: 1. following the realization of mechanization and electrification of agriculture 随着农业机械化和电气化的实现 2. it is essential to strengthen the building of national defense 必须加强国防建设 3. these constitute important conditions in striving for the fulfillment of the general task in the transitional period 这成为努力完成过渡时期总任务的重要条件 4. at that time the situation in northeast China was still one where the enemy was stro