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Back to Dickens Novels 重歸狄更斯
After reading Bipolar Disorder – the Ultimate Guide, a psychiatric book published in the UK, I flipped through some relaxing books. One of them, prose collection Yet to be Found by Yi Shu. One of the short pieces recalled of her junior high school years in British...
張宇〈走樣〉Losing Shape (Phil Chang)
張宇〈走樣〉 作詞：十一郎 作曲：張宇 編曲：MICHAEL THOMPSON Losing Shape by Phil Chang Lyrics by Shiyi Lang Composed by Phil Chang Arranged by Michael Thompson 我用著羨慕眼光 看著她 輕輕將外衣披在他肩上 那將要見底的杯 總是她 一回一回添滿 他們小小的恩愛 其實我 曾經在心裡千想萬盼 但在妳身上 我不敢勉強 (With my envious eyes, I saw her draping a jacket...
Maintaining mental health 維護精神衛生
A major takeaway from my own psychiatric reading this week is this: patients of bipolar disorder have to accept their bipolar condition, and they have to accept medication as part of the daily routine for the rest of their life. In other words, just as diabetes...
Between Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder 躁鬱症與邊緣型人格障礙
最近正讀著英國作者Sarah Owen 和 Amanda Saunders 的《躁鬱症之終極指引》。這是我閱讀的第一本躁鬱症專書而且進度很慢，因為最近工作比較忙碌。 前面數十頁當中，我就已經一窺躁鬱症的徵狀，其中有些狀況其實跟邊緣型人格障礙蠻相似。兩者相似的病徵包括情緒病、抑鬱症。比起躁狂症狀，躁鬱症患者多數時候覺得抑鬱。這一點跟邊緣型人格障礙患者可能長年抑鬱的狀況有些類似。 以我初淺的精神科知識來說，兩者之間的明顯差異，就是邊緣型人格障礙患者害怕被拋離，以及常常呈現不合比例、不合理的怒憤。...
Mental health for writers 寫作人的精神健康
A good working environment is essential to safeguard our mental health. Writers and translators owed it to themselves to create a comfortable and conducive working environment to produce quality work consistently. When you suffer from a lot of psychological pressure...
張宇〈猜心〉Heart Guessing (Phil Chang)
張宇〈猜心〉 作詞：十一郎 作曲：張宇 編曲：盧志銘 Heart Guessing by Phil Chang Lyrics by Shiyi Lang Composed by Phil Chang Arranged by Lu Chih-ming 四方屋裡 什麼都沒有 只有被你關進來的落寞 你在牆角獨坐 心情的起落 我無法猜透 (The cubic house has nothing, but the loneliness you entrapped. You sat alone in the corner. The ups...
張雨生〈一天到晚游泳的魚〉Swimming Fish (Tom Chang)
〈一天到晚游泳的魚〉 作詞：許常德 作曲：陳復明 Swimming Fish Lyrics by Adam Hsu Composed by Chen Fu-ming Sung by Tom Chang 情願困在你懷中 困在你溫柔 不想一個人寂寞 無邊飄泊 就像魚兒水裡游 你的心河流向我 不眠不休的追求 (I would rather being trapped in your arms, your tenderness. I wouldn't want to be alone and drift endlessly. As if...
Estimation of transcription workload 謄寫工作量估計
譯者不應該高估一日的工作量，謄寫工作尤其需要小心。表面上來看，一日之內謄寫40至60分鐘的清晰錄音或錄影檔案或者辦得到。 如果工作八至十小時，閣下或可以寫完所有字句。若客戶要求非常仔細的時間碼紀錄，例如每一句或每一個講者的時間碼紀錄，大概還需要三至四小時。若將工作分開兩天完成，大概是相當安全的安排，除非你有足夠耐心一整天只處理同一個案子。 更安全的工作安排就是連續兩天謄寫30分鐘的錄音檔，第三天才寫時間碼紀錄。第一天謄寫40分鐘的檔案，第二天再寫20分鐘加上時間碼，亦是行得通。 Translators should not...
Practical workload estimation 一日翻譯量之實際估計
The estimation of translation word count per day varies according to language pairs. If it is Chinese to English and the contents are not scientific or medical, my word count can reach 2,000 words per working day. For novel or subtitle translation, translating 3,000...
Translation word count each day 一日翻譯量
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。...