简明英语运动旨在解决文本晦涩难懂的问题,在各行各业中,文本复杂不易理解的情况均得以改善,各种简化的英语文本不断出现。简明英语要求文本的书写不再仅仅以其本身内容为中心,而转向于以文本读者为中心,译者们为了得到更高效的译本,纷...简明英语运动旨在解决文本晦涩难懂的问题,在各行各业中,文本复杂不易理解的情况均得以改善,各种简化的英语文本不断出现。简明英语要求文本的书写不再仅仅以其本身内容为中心,而转向于以文本读者为中心,译者们为了得到更高效的译本,纷纷提出相应的调整措施。文章对具体案例的简化方式进行了分析与归纳,从英语简明化的原则入手,分为三个层面:话语及语篇层面、句子层面以及词汇层面,将实例修改前与修改后的版本进行对比,以探讨简明英语在实际应用中的具体使用方法。The Plain English Campaign aims to address the problem of obscure and difficult-to-understand texts. Across various industries, instances of complex texts that are hard to comprehend have seen improvement, with an increasing appearance of simplified English texts. Plain English demands that the writing of texts shift from being centered around the content itself to focusing on the readers of the text. Translators, striving for more efficient translations, have proposed respective measures of adjustment. This article analyzes and summarizes the methods of simplification in specific cases. Starting from the principles of simplification in English, it divides the discussion into three levels: discourse and text, sentence, and vocabulary. By comparing versions of examples before and after modification, it explores the specific methods of applying Plain English in practical use.展开更多
文摘简明英语运动旨在解决文本晦涩难懂的问题,在各行各业中,文本复杂不易理解的情况均得以改善,各种简化的英语文本不断出现。简明英语要求文本的书写不再仅仅以其本身内容为中心,而转向于以文本读者为中心,译者们为了得到更高效的译本,纷纷提出相应的调整措施。文章对具体案例的简化方式进行了分析与归纳,从英语简明化的原则入手,分为三个层面:话语及语篇层面、句子层面以及词汇层面,将实例修改前与修改后的版本进行对比,以探讨简明英语在实际应用中的具体使用方法。The Plain English Campaign aims to address the problem of obscure and difficult-to-understand texts. Across various industries, instances of complex texts that are hard to comprehend have seen improvement, with an increasing appearance of simplified English texts. Plain English demands that the writing of texts shift from being centered around the content itself to focusing on the readers of the text. Translators, striving for more efficient translations, have proposed respective measures of adjustment. This article analyzes and summarizes the methods of simplification in specific cases. Starting from the principles of simplification in English, it divides the discussion into three levels: discourse and text, sentence, and vocabulary. By comparing versions of examples before and after modification, it explores the specific methods of applying Plain English in practical use.
