英汉的翻译技巧及对中外贸易的影响

英汉两种语言中有很多共同的说法,但由于英汉文化差异和语言特点的差异,英汉语言又各具特色。由于语言是各国之间沟通的桥梁,所以在经济全球化的今天,语言的沟通及翻译就显得尤为重要,本文旨在就英语的翻译技巧和其对中外贸易的影响展开浅显的分析。     

论大学英语教学的文化差异及导入方法

英汉两种语言中存在着大量的文化差异。不了解目的语的文化,就无法正确理解和运用外语,文化差异是英语学习的一大障碍。为了提高英语教学效果,我们应该重视文化差异的导入,构建文化知识与语言知识相结合的课堂教学模式。本文就文化差异的表现及如何在大学英语教学中导入文化知识进行了探讨。     

浅议少数民族学校外文资料室的建设与特色

现阶段,作为外文研究成果的记录者和见证者,外文文献的地位日益提高,是外文研究活动所依赖最主要的条件。少数民族学校因其特殊性,对其外文资料室在外语教学与科研中发挥着特殊的作用,如何科学、合理地做好少数民族学校外文资料室的管理工作,对培养合格的跨世纪的少数民族外语专业人才有着重要的意义。     

浅谈语言习得和思维角度观察语言

语言的表达途径是声音,目的是表现人们相互之间的情感动作和行为动作等。语言可分为主体语言(也叫母语)和客体语言(也叫外语)。人类掌握母语的过程即我们所说的习得,特点是在自然环境下便可无意识就获得,而外语的掌握则需在特定的学习环境下有意识的学习。虽然习得母语与外语学习有本质的区别,但在根本却有着共通之点——人是语言的学习者。如何把语言习得规律运用到外语教学中,从而调动学习者的主观能动性是一个值得探索的问题。     

依托地方高校外语资源促进西部区域经济发展

随着我国西部大发展战略的进一步加强,西部区域经济发展迎来了前所未有的机遇。然而,由于文化、地域等因素的影响,外语能力一直是限制经济发展的瓶颈。利用西部地区高校外语资源,促进校企合作,加强高校人才交流平台建设,促进高校外语毕业生本地就业,鼓励风险投资进入,促进高校外语资源进行产业化转换,是弥补西部区域经济在高速发展中外语能力短缺的有力措施。     

Building communities and tolerance: power,ownership and social interactions among young people in an English-medium school in Cyprus

Learning and teaching of English language in foreign contexts is usually associated with possible economic gains that it may bring. However, there are other and possibly more immediate implications of such instruction, especially on the way young people interact in schools where English is the medium of instruction. Using Bourdieu’s framework of capitals, the current study aims to explore how English language is perceived and used among young people from Turkish language backgrounds in a private school in the northern part of Cyprus where English is the medium of both instruction and communication. It also investigates whether students’ attitudes towards this language have any impact on the building of communities and tolerance when it comes to cultural diversity in and outside the classroom. Analysis of the data, which was collected through in-class ethnographic observations and informal chats with young people, showed that students who possessed a higher amount of linguistic capital in English were also perceived as popular and academically superior by all of the participants in this particular school. While linguistic abilities in English played a significant part in determining the access rights to certain peer groups, students whose first language was Turkish tended to capitalize on this skill to support each other to achieve academic success. Thus, language appeared to be a dividing factor rather than a bridge, which affected the school’s culture of tolerance negatively.

     

英语模糊限制语及其语用功能研究

语言的模糊性普遍存在。英语作为世界上使用最广的语言之一,其模糊限制语具有提高语言表达的效率、体现说话人文明修养、实现说话人的自我保护、增加语言的艺术表现力和审美共鸣等语用功能。     

The Violent Rhetoric of Re-engineering: Management Consultancy on the Offensive

Business process re-engineering (BPR) was a leading form of organizational restructuring from the late 1980s until the late 1990s. This paper seeks to contextualize its development and account for its particularly bellicose language by reflecting on its historical antecedents in the west and its contemporary competitors in the east. We suggest that one way of reading BPR is as a form of ‘inverse colonization’ in which US managerial discourse both assimilated and revolted against the growing domination of Japanese thinking and practice. We conclude with some speculative comments on related causes of the rise of violent managerial rhetoric.     

礼貌用语在国际商务信函中的应用技巧刍议

国际商务信函是重要的外贸书面语言交际媒介,成功的信函除词汇、语法上的准确无误外,礼貌用语的选择与使用也颇有讲究。文章基于外贸英语独有的语言特点和特殊的表达方法,结合大量的例句,从礼貌用语的写作角度出发,对其在国际商务信函中的应用技巧进行了探讨。     

Preventing the “Abuses” of Democracy: Hayek,the “Military Usurper” and Transitional Dictatorship in Chile?

Hayek famously claimed that he would prefer a “liberal” dictator to “democratic government lacking in liberalism.” While Hayek's views of the Pinochet regime have generated much controversy, surprisingly little has been written about Hayek's defense of transitional dictatorship. Making use of previously un‐translated foreign language archival material, this paper helps shed light on Hayek's views of authoritarianism, totalitarianism, transitional dictatorship, and the Pinochet regime as well as helping to separate Hayekian ‘fact’ from Hayekian ‘fiction’.     

基于电影文本的高职外语教学研究

本文探讨了电影作为文本用于外语教学的可能性,在图式理论的基础上探讨了将英语原版电影用作文本的具体操作步骤,包括选择影片、准备工作、课堂组织、作业、词汇和后续活动六个方面,分析了操作过程中可能遇到的问题和解决方法。最后指出英语电影值得在外语教学中大力推广和运用。     

The impact of creative activities integrated into curriculum for tolerance education and teachers’ reflections

This study aimed at investigating the perceptions of teachers and intermediate level students on the use of creative activities integrated into an EFL curriculum at Foreign Languages English Preparatory School (FLEPS). The study has qualitative nature that data was gathered through teachers’ daily diary and students’ semi-structured interviews. The study included 20 intermediate level students studying at the FLEPS. As a result, it was worth stating that the approach to the English language through creative activities or tasks was more effective in developing students’ critical thinking skills and boosted their self-esteem in foreign language learning than the traditional methods being applied at the FLEPS. The research study provides useful findings such as increasing teachers’ positive attitudes and students’ self-esteem and made related implications for the institutional development for further research.

     

Commentary on “The meaning of ‘talent’ in the world of work”

This paper provides a commentary on the article in this Special Issue on “The meaning of ‘talent’ in the world of work”, welcoming its analysis of the definition, meaning and conceptualisation of talent and seeking to develop further its research recommendations. In particular, it argues that the relationships between talent and gifts should be further explored, proposes that exploring its use in other languages than English would be useful, and suggests comparing its identification and development in management and other fields, especially sport and the arts. It also proposes multidisciplinary research and research into talent and talent management in various contexts, including sectorial, cultural, institutional and structural contexts. Finally, it proposes that factors which influence how talent is identified need further analysis, and perspectives from resource-based theories, ethical theories, development economics, and social capital theories should be utilised.     

听说教学法在高职英语课堂教学中的实际运用

为了适应社会的需求,必须加强高职学生的英语实用能力,尤其是听说能力。文章追溯了英语听说教学法产生的理论背景和基本特征,分析了它与外语教学的密切关系,并阐述了它在英语课堂教学中的实际运用。     

Social Accounting Research as If The World Matters

Abstract

This essay is intended as a self-reflective, auto-critique of the ‘social accounting community’. The essay is directed at the academic community of accountants concerned with social accounting. This `community' is predominantly concerned with English language accounting journals and is preoccupied with the social and environmental practices of the larger private sector organisations. The essay is motivated by a concern over our responsibilities as academics in a world in crisis and a concern that social accounting is losing its energy and revolutionary zeal. This community's social accounting endeavours have taken place in almost complete ignorance of the activities and developments in non accounting communities and, in particular, developments in the public and third sectors. The essay reaches out to the public and third sector work and literature as an illustration of one of the ways in which ‘our’ social accounting can try to prevent itself from becoming moribund.     

英汉被动句式之比较

被动句在英汉两种语言中都是特殊句式,其所属体系、句式结构、用法限制都存在差别。对英汉两种被动句的比较研究将加深对其理解和学习。     

Experiences of a dyslexic child in an English as a foreign language class

This qualitative study investigates and reveals the difficulties experienced by a dyslexic 7 year-old child learning English as a foreign language in a state elementary school. Aiming to advance the understanding of challenges dyslexics experience in English as a foreign language classes, a qualitative case study was designed. Thematic analysis of the interview data revealed that a dyslexic child struggles with linguistic difficulties, such as pronunciation, spelling, reading and writing. In addition, short and long term memory are impaired, which causes problems concerning word finding, memorization and naming objects. Contrary to the findings of most research, the participant of this study was found to be highly motivated towards learning English and that she had positive affectivity due to her personality. This study is expected to contribute to the teaching of English language to elementary school children with dyslexia and serve as a means to increase service quality of foreign language classes offered for dyslexic children.

     

浅析如何处理习语的翻译

习语有着极强的表现力,内涵十分丰富,所以翻译起来难度极大。本文从地理环境、动物的不同理解、风俗习惯三个方面通过举例对比的方法,分析英汉习语产生的涵义,指出不同的语言承载各自不同的文化和习惯,使英语学习者了解英汉习语所依托的深层文化差异。     

如何在大学英语教学中提高学生的思辨能力

本文在我国外语类大学生思辨能力量具的研究基础上,剖析其层次内涵,并从分析大学英语教学思辨能力现状入手,探究大学英语教学过程中思辨能力的培养策略,旨在提高学生的思辨能力和创新能力。     

对外贸易谈判方式与策略拓展——英语多义词词义辨析

在对外贸易谈判中,商务英语已经作为一种职业英语起到日益重要的作用。针对英语中,大多数词汇都是多义词的现象,文章对原型理论,隐喻和语境进行了理论介绍,并剖析了它们对多义词学习的指导,拓展了对外贸易谈判的方式与策略。