中式英语之鉴

by Joan Pinkham

《中式英语之鉴》十分系统地探讨了中式英语这一非常普遍的现象。作者琼•平卡姆是美国人，毕生人事翻译工作。她曾先后在外文出版社和中央编译工作过8年，专门给中国翻译工作者翻译的英译文作修改和润色。8年中她积累了大量的典型中式英语实例，她根据这些例子把中式英语的具体表现科学地加以分门别类。
作者采用理论与实践紧密结合的方法，先是对某一类别作一概述，然后提供大量的该类别中式英语实例，并逐一修改，同时还扼要地加以分析。
总之，该书是一部适合英语学习者和各行各业英语工作者的好书。它能够帮助读者分辨和克服中式英语，从而写出更加地道的英语。

580 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2000

Reviews

[木 · Rating 4 out of 5]

英语进阶的必读之书，很多高翻也会犯“中式英语”的错误，这本书讲解很清楚，也配了一些习题，有助于进一步理解“英语思维”和“汉语思维”的不同

[Lupeng Jin · Rating 4 out of 5]

It isn't easy to turn the Chinese logic into the English one unless he/she suffers from what the wolverine experienced. The style of writing, speaking, and thinking is rooted in the Chinese people's genes so that we cannot always use the English language in its proper way. However, the skills can be obtained from practices. Through training, we can choose appropriate words in writing. The native speakers will not misunderstand the sentences we write on paper or type on the screen. This book provides us with many useful suggestions, and in it, the examples are typical, some of which are the same as what I am writing. I learned a lot from this book and would like to recommend it to you if your mother language is not English.

[Yilia W · Rating 4 out of 5]

A classic guidebook. Some chapters overlap what I read in "The Elements of Style", so it's like revision to me. I read all general introductions as the book abounds with examples, some of which are a bit dry and wooden to read. I do think I have to get hang of the principles explained in practice before I revisit these examples. I'll keep this guidebook at hand.

[Nautile · Rating 3 out of 5]

还挺中式的……
观其大略了一下，能理解但感觉用不太上。

[Luna · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Bible for Chinese translator

[Xiaomeiyangle · Rating 4 out of 5]

The subject is easy and essential，but the writting is good and handy.

[P M · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s a great book for Chinese-English translators to learn how to express in a more native way. It’s actually a must-read textbook for Chinese-English translators.