寫篇優(yōu)秀的英語文章的幾個(gè)重要原則
Have you ever stopped and thought about the quality of your writing? Are you sure it’s considered to be good writing? Are you getting the right message across, or are your readers confused as to what you’re trying to accomplish?
你有沒有停下來想過寫的東西怎么樣?你確定這是很好的寫作嗎?你是否得到了正確的信息而且是容易傳播,或者是你的讀者感到困惑,你想要表達(dá)什么?
Simple sentences work best.簡單的句子效果最好。
示例:
- The only possible option in order to accelerate the growth of the food industry is to focus on the fact that the target market of this business demands convenience, competence and cost-effectiveness.
-為了加快食品工業(yè)的發(fā)展,最可能的選擇是把重點(diǎn)放在這項(xiàng)業(yè)務(wù)的目標(biāo)市場需要方便,管轄能力和成本效益的要求上。
- Better: The food industry can grow faster if food trucks focus on convenience, competence and cost-effectiveness.
-更好的寫法:如果食品交易聚焦于便利性、管轄權(quán)和成本效益,那么食品行業(yè)會(huì)發(fā)展得更快。
Active, rather than passive. 主動(dòng),而不是被動(dòng)
示例:
- The offering price was established by the real estate vendor and the negotiation process was initiated by the real estate buyer.
-定價(jià)是由房地產(chǎn)商決定的,協(xié)商過程是由購房者發(fā)起的。
- Better: The real estate vendor set the offering price, and the real estate buyer started negotiating.
更好的寫法:房地產(chǎn)商定價(jià),購房者展開協(xié)商。
Know who your target audience is. 了解目標(biāo)受眾
Who are you writing for? Who do you expect to read your article, your book, or your blog post? Will they care about what you’re talking about? Will they understand the message that you’re trying to get across? Good writing isn’t generic; it’s specific because it’s targeted towards a group of people with something common binding them.
你寫給誰看的?你想誰來讀你的文章,你的書,還有你的博客文章?他們會(huì)關(guān)心你在說什么嗎?他們會(huì)明白你想傳達(dá)的信息嗎?優(yōu)秀的寫作不是通用的,它是特定的,因?yàn)樗哪繕?biāo)是一組有共同目標(biāo)的人。
Reading your works out loud allows you to notice something that you might not have noticed if you were just reading it silently. Go on, read them out loud now. Also, try to listen to your work objectively as you read it. Are you making sense? Or are you simply stringing a couple of words together just to fill a gap?
把你的作品朗讀出來,這會(huì)讓你注意到默讀時(shí)所忽略的內(nèi)容,F(xiàn)在就把它們朗讀出來吧。另外,當(dāng)你朗讀時(shí),試著客觀地去傾聽你的作品。你寫的有理嗎?還是只是把幾個(gè)詞湊在一起來填補(bǔ)空白?
Set aside time for revising and rewriting–after you’ve written the whole content.
留下時(shí)間來修改和重寫——在你寫完全部內(nèi)容后。
I’m not suggesting that you should edit each time you’ve finished a paragraph–that would just be tedious. What I’m telling is that you should first give yourself some time to finish the content prior to editing. Write away. Don’t edit yet. Don’t focus on the grammar yet. Don’t worry about the syntax, the synonym, the antonym or the order that you’re using.
我不是建議你每次寫完一段話就修改一下——那樣會(huì)很乏味。我建議你在編輯之前,應(yīng)該給自己一些時(shí)間來完成寫作的內(nèi)容。寫下來。先不要編輯。不要注重語法。不要擔(dān)心語法、同義詞、反義詞或你用詞的順序。
Write for yourself, but mostly, write for your target audience. Write the message clearly and don’t be afraid to express your thoughts. Don’t censor yourself yet. Let the words flow. Don’t erase what you’ve written yet.
為你自己寫作,但最重要的是,為你的目標(biāo)受眾寫作。把內(nèi)容清晰地寫下來,不要害怕表達(dá)自己的思想。不要審查自己。讓你的文字流動(dòng)。先不要?jiǎng)h除你所寫的內(nèi)容。
All the editing and the fixing will come later.
編輯內(nèi)容和調(diào)整內(nèi)容可以稍后進(jìn)行。
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