Language Seeker

Hi! This is my first time to write a blog in pure English and I hope I am doing a great job. First of all, my name is Shi T'ao and a college student majoring in economics. I am not one of the good students here in the university but because I have to, I see to it that I ace my test and perform well in class discussions.
 
It was 6 months ago when I started attending an English-learning class because my parents made me to. Initially, I found it hard which is pretty much understandable... Read full post

I'm a Chinese student who wanted to learn more about using English language. I have tutors whom my mom hired ever since I was 12 years old because she said she'll take me to America for college. I am bit scared because I do not know what to expect when we go there. I am already taking up advanced lessons in English and doing fine as a student. Thanks to my tutors who are mentoring me.
 
They said it was a good exercise if I will be posting blogs every now and then so I can practice me... Read full post

The usual goal of acquiring skill mastery in a foreign language is so that all speakers of that language can understand you when you converse with them in their language. This, of course, demands that your use of that language observes certain universal standards that most native speakers of that language adhere to. When attempting to acquire verbal mastery of an international language such as English, the learner has to ensure that his/her use of the language is not so ideosyncratic as to be... Read full post

Chinese          English
A咖                  A-lister
追星族              groupie
速成課程           crash course
關鍵時刻           crunch time
填鴨     ... Read full post

英語能力展現在雷倩的工作與生活上，就像是使用母語般的駕輕就熟，優秀的英語能力讓她在國際場合更加出色，到底雷倩是如何經營自己的英語能力呢？
談起雷倩的英文能力，很多人不禁豎起拇指讚賞，除了大學畢業之際，即擔任前副總統謝東閔、前行政院長孫運璿等官員即席翻譯，更多次在大型國際會議，隻身擔綱同步口譯，教人驚豔。　　雷倩由美國廣播公司（ABC）的研究員到副總裁，十年當中，每年超過500個以上的研究，主持無數的簡報會議。令人佩服的是，她在口語與工作的表現，幾乎已到了沒人會懷疑她的母語不是英文的境界。
‧不死背單字、文法      top... Read full post

這是篇很有意思的文章，供對翻譯有興趣的人參考。
文章出處:http://tati.org.tw/?p=425 台灣翻譯學會
怎樣應用英文—兼談公共標示的英譯 蘇正隆

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will
be opened to you. (Matthew7:7)
 
『配套措施』英文該怎樣翻譯?    
『氣質』, 『肉麻』英文怎樣說?    
new arrivals or new arrival?  
office hours 為什麼要用複數, happy hour為什麼用單數?
『24 hour service』 or *』24 hours service』?
啦啦隊英文怎樣說?
新開幕英文怎樣說?
Now Open, Grand Opening; wake-up call
date... Read full post