by Keith | Aug 30, 2019 | Blog, Translation 翻譯
做了翻譯十多年,好多人問過我這個問題。說實在的,早期可能大概會計算一下,後來經驗比較多之後就不大在意了。業界一般認為譯者每日翻譯字數應該以兩千字為極限。或許有譯者緊守這個字數,以免超出極限之後的翻譯質素滑落。 這一個限制有其道理,但我也已經過了這個階段。接案比較忙的時候,白天處理英譯中字幕、中譯英文件,晚間將中文漫畫或小說翻譯成英文,亦是可能。曾經試過半夜兩點依然譯著小說,頭腦像是準備進入淺眠階段,第二天檢查前一夜我譯出來的英文,其實錯誤很少,所以後續的校對也順利。...
by Keith | Aug 23, 2019 | Blog, Language Learning 語文心得
After graduation from NTNU, I have been reading English books of a wide variety of genres. Several years back I enjoyed reading Jeffrey Archer, particularly the Clifton Chronicles. Before Jeffrey Archer, I was reading Haruki Murakami novels and John Simmons’s...
by Keith | Aug 9, 2019 | Blog
With the theme of Thinking the Unthinkable, we discussed about what was going on in Hong Kong and how the No China Extradition movement started. On issues back home, Bot discussed the possibility of Chinese Malaysian students scoring A for Jawi, if it is to be made a...
by Keith | Aug 2, 2019 | Blog, Language Learning 語文心得
Are you struggling to speak a language fluently? Do you find it hard to select suitable words to express your thoughts? The key lies in the concept of input and output. To always speak good English, I make sure that I listen to good radio programmes. I find listening...
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