實然、應然,傻傻分不清
每次看到把實然的事況翻譯成應然就想罵。
作者Wilson提議,人文學者不妨學點科學。我也想提議,任何譯者都應該學點基礎(語言)邏輯。英中譯者普遍缺乏語言邏輯概念,這是實然;英中譯者都應該學點語言邏輯,這是應然。true這個字,算是表達「真實、實際、真確」最明顯不過的字了,爲什麼會被知名譯者掰成「應該」呢?莫非讀者就是喜見作者不斷對他們灌輸道德(你應該如何如何),所以長久以來,譯者也昧著良知媚俗起來?
// Using comparative studies of thousands of animal species, from insects to mammals, we've concluded that the most complex societies have arisen through eusociality—meaning, roughly, the "true" social condition.
在針對成千上萬種動物(從昆蟲到哺乳動物都有)進行比較與研究之後,我們得出了一個結論:再複雜的社會體系都是從「真社會性」(eusociality)發展而來。所謂「真社會性」,簡單的說,就是指一個社會該有的狀態。//
---
The Meaning of Human Existence
人類存在的意義:一個生物學家的思索
作者: Edward O. Wilson
譯者: 蕭寶森
出版社:如果出版社
出版日期:2016/09/08
mammals meaning 在 翻譯這檔事 Facebook 的最讚貼文
實然、應然,傻傻分不清
每次看到把實然的事況翻譯成應然就想罵。
作者Wilson提議,人文學者不妨學點科學。我也想提議,任何譯者都應該學點基礎(語言)邏輯。英中譯者普遍缺乏語言邏輯概念,這是實然;英中譯者都應該學點語言邏輯,這是應然。true這個字,算是表達「真實、實際、真確」最明顯不過的字了,爲什麼會被知名譯者掰成「應該」呢?莫非讀者就是喜見作者不斷對他們灌輸道德(你應該如何如何),所以長久以來,譯者也昧著良知媚俗起來?
// Using comparative studies of thousands of animal species, from insects to mammals, we've concluded that the most complex societies have arisen through eusociality—meaning, roughly, the "true" social condition.
在針對成千上萬種動物(從昆蟲到哺乳動物都有)進行比較與研究之後,我們得出了一個結論:再複雜的社會體系都是從「真社會性」(eusociality)發展而來。所謂「真社會性」,簡單的說,就是指一個社會該有的狀態。//
-\-\-
The Meaning of Human Existence
人類存在的意義:一個生物學家的思索
作者: Edward O. Wilson
譯者: 蕭寶森
出版社:如果出版社
出版日期:2016/09/08
mammals meaning 在 Focus Taiwan Facebook 的最佳貼文
[FEATURE] Descendant of #British diplomat #Swinhoe travels back in time
By Joseph Yeh, CNA staff reporter
For biology lovers in Taiwan, Robert Swinhoe (1836-1877) is arguably the most famous name in the island's history, as one can literally find his name in hundreds of indigenous animals, birds and insects.
There's Odorrana swinhoana, a species of frog, Nesiohelix swinhoei, a kind of land snail, and Rusa unicolor swinhoei, the Formosan sambar deer, to name just a few.
All told a staggering 227 species of birds, nearly 40 species of mammals, 246 species of plants, over 200 species of terrestrial snails and freshwater malacofauna, plus over 400 species of insects, were named or systematically categorized by Swinhoe, according to Taiwan's National Museum of Natural Science.
It's a legacy that has carved out a special place for Taiwan in the world's biological history.
To Christopher Swinhoe-Standen, the name Swinhoe has an even deeper meaning because he is Swinhoe's "first cousin four-times removed," and he recently concluded a trip to Taiwan in search of his ancestor's footprints.
Speaking to CNA in a phone interview Monday, the 58-year-old Swinhoe-Standen said that while he never came across Swinhoe's name in U.K. textbooks, he grew up hearing the story of his ancestor from his mother, the family's historian.
Among the stories his mother told him were those involving Swinhoe's adventures in Asia, where he mostly lived from 1855 to 1875.
mammals meaning 在 Mammal Meaning - YouTube 的推薦與評價
... <看更多>