2021年7月10日 星期六

To wear contacts or not

 

很多近視的人都選擇戴隱形眼鏡。

A句 Many person who has eye-signed choose to wear contact.

B句 Many people who are nearsighted choose to wear contact lenses.

【解析】

1.      近視的形容詞是nearsighted,名詞是nearsightedness。


2.    隱形眼鏡較正式的用法是 contact lenses,而contacts是較口語化。

 

【延伸思考】

1. choose choice 遠視的英文

2.people person的差別


隱形眼鏡讓我們卸下沉重的鏡片,讓我們更有自信。

A句 Contacts let us drop off heavy lenses that make us feel more confident.

 

B句 Contact lenses let us get rid of heavy glasses, making us more confident.

 

【解析】

1.Contacts let us 其中可改成contacts enable us

「卸下」的英文可用unload。但unload有二種意思,一是卸下貨物,另一個是傾吐情緒煩。

1.      Unload cargo from a truck;unload your grief by telling a friend.但是鏡片不是貨物也非情緒,因此不適合用unload,應該用get rid of(擺脫)較合適。

 

【延伸學習】

Contact lenses let us get rid of heavy glasses, which make us more confident.

上頭這句話意指heavy glasses讓我們覺得更有自信,宜改為分詞構句。但我好奇若是改為Contact lenses let us get rid of heavy glasses that makes us confident。這可以嗎?

 

Get rid of 造句

Make vs let差別

相關使役動詞have let make get 的用法解析

Unload 造句

drop off的意思是?



而且如果疏於清潔隱形眼鏡,眼睛便可能遭受感染而發炎。

And, if we not clean our contact lenses often, our eyes may get infected and sick.

In addition, if we do not clean our contact lenses, our eyes may get inflected and become inflamed.

 

解析:

1.句子中的「疏於」若用ignore來翻的話。Ignore是「故意不予理會、故意忽略」的意思,但這句可能只是人們一時懶惰而忘記清潔隱形眼鏡,而非故意忽略,因此只要說明「未清潔」事實即可,不要涉及意圖。

2.「our contact lenses」加our是限定清潔的是每個人的隱形眼鏡。

我喜歡騎腳踏車

I like to ride my bicycle.

I like to ride bicycle. (wrong,忘記加所有格)

I like to ride a bicycle. (wrong,忘記加所有格)

3.   Can get infected,若用助動詞can的話,有「一定」會感染的意味,過於武斷,可改用可能性較低的may;inflammation(發炎),若是翻成have inflammation,have有自己想要的意味,但有那個人會願意受感染而發炎呢?若是要用名詞的inflammation的話,可寫成cause inflammation or suffer inflammation。但get inflected and cause inflammation,連接詞前後的屬性要一致,所以寫成 get inflected and become inflamed。

延伸學習

一個「除了」5種英文用法,你搞懂了嗎? 

in addition vs. addition

上午 08:04 2021/7/13


因此愛美的同時,也要注意眼睛的健康。

Therefore, when we care about our beauty, we should pay attention to the health of eyes. 

Therefore, we should also pay attention to the health of our eyes while pursuing our beauty.

[解析]

1.首先要注意中英文構句不同,這句話的重點在後句「也要注意眼睛的健康」(這點,我不甚理解,差別在那)

2. while vs. when

3.關注、注意應用pay attention,not beware of(notice)意識到某事。

上午 08:26 2021/7/14


但是如果長時間配戴的話,往往會造成眼睛的不適。

However, if we wear contact lenses for a long time, it may make our eyes become uncomfortable.

However, if we wear contact lenses for too long each day, if often causes discomfort.

[解析]

長時間若翻成for too long的話,若沒有註釋的話,除可解釋為一整天配戴時間過久,也可解釋為戴了好幾年,因此each day再讓語意再精確。

因為戴隱形眼鏡一定是讓眼睛不舒服,因此沒有必要加ours,但若造成身體其它部位的話,就要說明清楚。

「然而…不過」都可以用副詞however跟nevertheless,且後者比前者再正式。however用在前後句子觀點明顯對比時,以本文為例,前面提及戴隱形眼睛的好處,這裡就轉折點出缺點。

上午 08:05 2021/7/16


2020年4月9日 星期四

To be anything in life


4/9/2020 5:26:28 AM
[to be anything in life]指的是「在生命中做點事、成就些什麼」
EXAMPLE:

1.But we have to learn skills like reading, math to be anything in life.


2.To be anything in life, a person has to have a goal.


3.If John has to be anything in life, he has to leave this little town. There is nothing here for him.

參考資料:2011-0114 STUDIO CLASS ROOM

2020年4月2日 星期四

To-do

上午 06:45 2020/3/8
1、查有無中翻英的練習網或相互評析的網站
2、避免中式英文的方法
3、查sleep day

上午 07:43 2020/4/2
學生家長可以翻成parent嗎?

上午 07:50 2020/4/2
這篇可寫成小短文
退伍
藥局
安眠藥
藥局老闆,或一般店家老闆不能翻成boss吧,應有其它翻法
求職
覺得壓力很大,因為求職的關係
買的英文是buy, 那賣呢?
放輕鬆

星期一症候群可以翻成 monday bule嗎


上午 05:45 2020/4/4
streak
Debut
Commentator
Turn out
eliminate 消滅
tournament 錦標盃
despite of advanced years(待查,儘管年事已高)
Conventional
resume 

 上午 11:47 2020/4/15
OFFER PROVIDE的區別
MEMBERSHIP用法


下午 01:13 2020/4/15
assist vs. help
complie






上午 06:21 2020/4/18

Insult
採取法律行動的英文說明
employee 相關字
Nevertheless
Eligible
Submit
Violate
Infringe
Imitation
Request vs. demand

a letter of application 申請信
a letter of complaint  投訴信
a letter of commendation 推薦函

下午 11:40 2020/4/22
clinch
neck-and-neck
novice
2020-0419自由時報

下午 11:42 2020/4/22
reservation
reseve a seat
conserve the environment
preserve historic sites
arrive vs. attend


 上午 06:21 2020/4/18
Insult
採取法律行動的英文說明
employee 相關字
Nevertheless
Eligible
Submit
Violate
Infringe
Imitation
Request vs. demand

a letter of application 申請信
a letter of complaint  投訴信
a letter of commendation 推薦函



 

 


talent show(才藝表演)

talent show(才藝表演)上午 07:33 2020/4/2
I was assigned as a photographer in talent show of my school.

In the end of year, my school hold talent show to invite parent to watch.