2005-10-26

See if you can correct the errors

IABC, International Association of Business Communicator, 協會有出版一本雙月刊會員雜誌 - “Communication World”,簡稱 CW 。這期 2005 九、十雙月號雜誌中的專欄 “Wood on Words”,有一篇名為 “See if you can correct the errors” 的文章,讀來非常有趣又像在學習英文,卻完全沒有文法、字彙課本的苦澀。為什麼讀來別具趣味呢?因為那些「錯誤」都是大名鼎鼎的 Wall Street Journal 犯的。

晴天霹靂!寫到這兒突然發現,原文網站內容需要會員登入後才看得到!而且是以最方便的PDF為格式!這會兒可就不太方便了。只好用公司超先進的 Xerox DCC-450 全彩文書工作站,全彩掃瞄後 email 到自己信箱,再做影像處理啦。

左圖就是原雜誌掃瞄。這麼小字應該看不清楚吧?也好,這樣會冒犯著作權之情事可能就因「疑容」仍知所進退、小心翼翼而不成立了。

好吧,萬一您真的不知道老鼠有種 handy 的玩意兒叫點閱的話,我就舉幾個文中例子如下,以免尊座拜興而歸:

(華爾街日報報導說)Ms. Wallace, a former veteran of tabloid daily newspapers, is expected to emphasize celebrity news
(作者 Alden Wood 說)Drop the former. Once a veteran, always a veteran

(華爾街日報報導說)It was a big advance in the fight against the Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(作者 Alden Wood 說)Acquired is the “A” in AIDS, the acronym that in full identifies the acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome (1982)

(華爾街日報報導說)Just like they teach in Economics 101, demand for a dwindling supply of something generally means a higher price
(作者 Alden Wood 說)Just as they teach in English 101, like is not a conjunction

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