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Units of Measurement Commonly Used in Australia with Translations into Chinese

I just made a new glossary. I hope students, teachers and practitioners of translation and interpreting in Australia find it useful! Units of Measurement Commonly Used in Australia with Translations into Chinese 《澳大利亚常用计量单位英汉翻译列表》 Download the PDF here.

Most Common Corrections from a PhD Examination 博士论文盲审最常见的修改要求

By Tara Brabazon 塔拉·布拉巴赞著Office of Graduate Research 研究生院Flinders University 弗林德斯大学Adelaide, South Australia 南澳大利亚阿德莱德 Tara introduces the — easily avoided — corrections to doctoral theses that emerge during the examination process.塔拉介绍在博士论文盲审过程中经常出现的论文修改要求。如果博士生遵循塔拉的建议,他们很容易就可以避免这些错误。 Problems with the Bibliography 参考文献有问题 Many examiners examine the bibliography (reference list) before reading the thesis itself. 很多外校导师在阅读论文正文前会直接考察参考文献部分。 We are looking for length, depth, and […]

A Comprehensive Guide to Western Transliterations in Chinese

Loan words from English and other Western languages in Mandarin have always interested me for a variety of reasons. However unlike Japanese, Chinese seems very cautious to import words directly into its lexicon via transliteration (that is, creating a new word by matching the sounds of the original one using Mandarin syllables). This post will […]