The Published Scholar,TPS 英文學術發表專家

Professor Pedantic 教授的考究學問

【學術專欄】

What does that mean? 你真的瞭解這個慣用語嗎?

【英文學習】

“The scientist gratefully slipped into Harvard’s full professorship and, as if the position were a glass slipper, transformed his itinerant career.”
這位科學家滿懷感激地接受了哈佛的全職教席，如同灰姑娘的玻璃鞋般，改變了他四處漂泊的職業生涯。

12個獲得學術認可的論文撰寫技巧之十：正確引用出處，避免抄襲之嫌

【學術專欄】

12 Recommendations to Help you Submit a Conventional and Acceptable Paper Tip 10: Give full credit to sources and avoid plagiarism
12個獲得學術認可的論文撰寫技巧之十：正確引用出處，避免抄襲之嫌

When a writer submits an academic paper, there should be no question about the submitter being the author of it.
學術論文的作者發表文章後，絕不容許被人質疑投稿者是否為原作者。

This is not academic writing 學術文章不是這麼寫的

【寫作技巧】

One of the weaknesses of the paragraph above is the use of vague adjectives, including “wonderful” and “great” and “big.” While the seismograph probably did elicit wonder in observers, that’s not the usual definition applied to “wonderful.” 
本篇文章的缺點是使用空泛不明的形容詞，如wonderful、great、big等。測震儀的確能讓觀察員大為驚嘆，但wonderful通常不是用於形容這樣的情境。 

Professor Pedantic 教授的考究學問

【學術專欄】

QUESTION: My literature instructor has assigned a paper on a literary period I have tried to avoid at all costs. I just can’t relate to it. What mind games do you play to get yourself into a subject you would just as soon skip?
我的教授要我寫關於某個時期的文學報告，然而，那卻是我極力避免碰觸的一個主題，因為我對相關內容毫無興趣與共鳴。有什麼辦法可以讓人改變心態，投入避之唯恐不及的領域呢？

What does that mean? 你真的瞭解這個慣用語嗎?

【英文學習】

“Among classical poets of the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai was a notable imbiber of both wine and the torrential bouquets of fantasy it helped produce.”
唐朝古典詩人之中，最著名的是熱愛美酒的李白，筆下流溢出充滿酒香般的浪漫想像。

12個獲得學術認可的論文撰寫技巧之十一：仔細校訂已完成的論文

【學術專欄】

12 Recommendations to Help you Submit a Conventional and Acceptable Paper Tip 11: Carefully proofread a completed paper
12個獲得學術認可的論文撰寫技巧之十一：仔細校訂已完成的論文

At this point, all the hardest work of a paper is behind a writer.
在此刻，論文作者已經完成了所有最困難的步驟。

This is not academic writing 學術文章不是這麼寫的

【寫作技巧】

The principal weakness of the paragraph above is imprecise or inappropriate word choices. For example, “approximately 2,000 years…” is vague. Authority is given an inexact span of years by describing it as “more than...” or “nearly,” as the case may be.
這段文章的主要癥結在於，使用不精確與不適當的用詞。舉例而言，“approximately 2,000 years…” 過於模糊，其它像是 “more than...” 或 “nearly”這類語詞修飾時間，將影響句子的堅定與權威。