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Brendan John Worrell
 
Overcoming cultural barriers while abroad
How well you engage with other workers, how hard you try to create opportunities...
2008-11-26
Towards improving our writing skills
Writing is an 'active' language skill that makes ones grammar level clear and easy to grade...
2008-11-14
Understanding the aging population
One of the pressing issues facing many nations today and tomorrow is that concerning the aging population.
2008-10-09
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王银泉
 
关注奥巴马组阁 学实用英语
美国当选总统(president-elect)奥巴马目前正在准备明年1月20日从布什手中接管白宫,当前的重头戏就是“招兵买马”广揽贤才组建内阁。
2008-11-27
“动车组”怎么说
在“和谐号”动车组的相关公示语中,上海火车站北站提供的“动车组候车室”的英语译文可以说是错的离谱……
2008-11-21
奥巴马大出风头 民主党东山再起
四年一度的美国总统大选(presidential election)经过长时间的竞选活动(election campaign)……
2008-11-06
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张欣
 
His stock falling?

One's stock rising or falling is an idiom, a cliché using the stock market as a metaphor.

2008-11-28
First among equals
"First among equals" is from the Latin "Primus inter pares" meaning "first among peers"...
2008-11-25
Father Time
Reader question: What does “Take heed to Father Time” mean? Who is Father Time?
2008-11-21
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刘式南
 
Cops should know justice is above all
"I am not scared; I have connections in the police bureau."
2008-11-26
Don't go too far in name of sex education
I wonder how much farther these "civilization" zealots will go in extending "sex education" among children.
2008-11-19
Pleasures of going off the beaten track
Holidays and vacations are time for rest. They should be spent in a relaxed manner.
2008-10-29
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Raymond Zhou
 
The lost generation
The "70-hou", or shall I say "30-something", seems to have fallen through the crevice of public attention.
2008-11-24
Fighting slander with rationality
Using administrative means to muffle a voice like Song's represents the worst of both worlds.
2008-11-03
Cheap chips off the old block
But it is definitely more than simply a copycat. It is imitation with a twist or imitation with an attitude. It could even be seen as a parody.
2008-11-03
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Patrick Whiteley
 
Road ahead for wheels of fortune
The wheels have fallen off the US auto industry, and all the king's horses...
2008-11-24
Striving for peace and harmony

A Beijing newspaper was recently critical of its fellow citizens for trying too hard...

2008-08-19
Roll up, roll up, to the five-ring media circus
My Beijing apartment was buzzing with members of the Olympic media circus last week.
2008-07-28
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陈德彰
 
此肉非彼肉
我们上次谈到,英语和汉语体现了不同的民族对事物不同的看法,其实,给事物起名字就体现了不同的分类方法。
2007-09-24
英语和汉语之间的词汇空缺
请大家看看这一句怎么译成英语:“他铅笔盒里有五支笔。”别小看这么一句简单的话,实在没有办法翻译,因为英语里没有相当于汉语“笔”的词。
2007-09-17
不管三七二十一
汉语中有许多涉及数字的成语和俗语,“不管三七二十一”就是一条。怎么将其翻译成英语是一个问题。
2007-09-10
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丁衡祁
 
如何翻译“T形台”
有些词语在汉英两种文字中同时存在,许多汉语中的说法来自英语,因此在翻译时也有个“回译”的问题。
2006-11-15
如何翻译“加强精神文明建设”
我们在把“加强精神文明建设”翻译成英语时,首先就要学习、研究这一短语的深刻内涵。
2006-11-08
如何翻译“稳健的财政政策和货币政策”
对于“稳健的财政政策和货币政策”的英译,许多媒体都是用prudent fiscal and monetary policies 来表达的。
2006-11-01
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Gia Lovelady-Johnson
 
100% The Expatriate
What are some of the ways in which a foreigner prepares to come to China? Here’s a letter that I just sent to a couple on behalf of another friend in my network circle.
2007-09-14
Apple Pie
What makes the apple pie ring with the infamous French sound of, “in-ter-na-tio-nale?”
2007-08-09
Fiddle
There is a great wealth of world music out there just waiting to be discovered by many newcomers to the English...
2007-07-24
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Matt Doran
 
A Rugged Great Wall Trip
Looking for a Great Wall experience that doesn't include the tourist hordes? The Sa Ma Tai region of the wall may be the place for you.
2007-08-08
Yunnan Province: Journey to Land of the Yaks
Yunnan Province is natural playground, where the pollution and incessant traffic of the big city are a distant memory.
2007-08-08
Slave to the Meter
Yes indeed, I have finally entered the world of grown-up freedom, responsibility, and well, problems.
2007-08-08
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Orr Shtuhl
 
A Patch of Heaven
On first sight, Temple of Heaven Park was refreshingly green and strikingly silent.
2007-08-08
My Dairy: Lost
At 10 pm, 25 hours since I'd left my home in the United States, the highway from the airport to my northerly
2007-08-08
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