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伍佰〈暴雨〉 Torrential Rain (WuBai)
伍佰〈暴雨〉 詞曲：伍佰 Torrential Rain by WuBai Lyrics and Composed by WuBai 到底妳還要下多久 從昨天深夜下到午後 像是快溺斃的野獸 狂暴的撞擊整個四週 (For how long it is going to rain; it has been raining from midnight to afternoon. It were as if a drowning beast ramming the surrounding violently.)...
Read English everyday 英語人生
Compared to Chinese materials, it is much easier to come across good English materials everyday. You can wake up every morning and buy an English newspaper for good content. If the local writers don't write well, turn to international and sport sections for contents...
Learn Aussie English from snake catcher 捕蛇達人教澳洲英文
這麼多年以來，我都是偏愛英國口音，第二位就是澳洲口音。美國朋友也同意我的觀點，她說英國口音最好聽，澳洲口音則是最可愛，美國口音算是平平無奇。 澳洲人說自己的口音就是懶音，反正就是很輕鬆的口吻說英語。我常常必須很集中精神聽澳洲人說的英語，電台節目若有接聽眾電話，他們不同的口音其實相當有趣。 這位捕蛇達人Stuart Mckenzie 的專訪很有趣，一邊聽一邊看英文字幕，肯定有收穫。 British pronunciation has been my favourite for all these years. And...
Translator’s stamina 譯者持久力
Translation is a tough job. Some translators have to deal with a range of 1,500 to 2,000 words in one working day. During peak season or when you have too much on your plate, you might have to translate 3,000 to 5,000 words a day. Working from morning until midnight...
About engineering translation 也談工程翻譯
今年開始接到工程相關的合約翻譯案子詢問，技術上應付得來，只是語言配對談不攏，結果還是沒有成事。中文撰寫的工程文件若在國際上有發揮作用，想必是一定翻譯成英文，畢竟這是在全球語言。但若堅持要翻譯成馬來文，我則沒辦法了，因為我無法保證語言的精準度。...
Caring for mental illness patients: How much risk you can take 照料精神疾病患者之風險評估
I have been learning about psychiatric knowledge for the past eight months. And caretakers' risk is one of the major topics. There are always caring people in the world. Some are too caring that they thought themselves to be able to take care of mental illness...
NAATI Recertification 澳洲翻譯協會認證更新
上兩週收到澳洲翻譯協會電郵，我申請的認證更新獲得批准，所以中譯英認證翻譯師資格將持續至2022年11月。我當然覺得開心，畢竟過去數年我也投入了一些心力準備更新認證。 翻譯行業很難監管。以全世界的情況來說，我認為澳洲翻譯協會應該是管理得最好。英國與美國也有翻譯師認證制度，但我既然持有澳洲資格，那麼專心處理一個就夠了。每三年一次的更新除了每年必須達到一定翻譯字數之外，譯者也必須上過一些課程，例如英文與你翻譯原文以外的外語課、翻譯與語文相關的課程、專業操守相關課程、開拓新領域的課程。...
黃貫中〈香港晚安〉Good Night Hong Kong (Paul Wong)
黃貫中〈香港晚安〉 作曲：黃貫中 填詞：劉卓輝 編曲：張亞東 Good Night Hong Kong by Paul Wong Composed by Paul Wong Lyrics by Gene Lau Arranged by Zhang Yadong 浮躁的光輝不夜城 總有人來來往往 仍那麼擠擁的路程 一個人迷迷惘惘 (In impetuous, glorious overnight city, urbanites are always walking around. The road is still...
About the size of amygdala 杏仁核正常大小的問題
Source: https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/what-causes-depression I heard that a teenager was admitted to hospital due to shrinking amygdala. As far as my limited psychiatric knowledge is concerned, shrinking amygdala means the patient is likely to find it...
About Chinese subtitles 也談字幕中文
有時候接到英譯中字幕翻譯，由於平日少讀中文書，翻譯字幕的時候可能用上長一些時間。好在我這幾年有空也會讀一讀亦舒、蔡瀾的閒書，將那一套簡單直接的中文搬上用場，其實還蠻好用的。難怪香港詞人林夕、黃偉文封亦舒為師太，導演谷德昭也很欣賞她。 何以平日少讀中文書？說來實在可悲，大學畢業以來，好像沒看過幾本中文寫得好的書，我多數只讀港台出版的正體中文書，中文很好的作者也寥寥可數。...