Developing Copyediting Skills(英文編修訓練)
* 精確寫作 本課程希望以最實用的方式來介紹文件編修的技巧，並透過編修訓練避免英文寫
by Ted Knoy
* 精確寫作
本課程希望以最實用的方式來介紹文件編修的技巧，並透過編修訓練避免英文寫作上常犯的錯誤。本課程分為六大單元，依次針對「精確寫作」 (Write for Conciseness)、「常用主動語氣」 (Use Active Voice Frequently)、「動詞替代名詞」 (Use Verbs Instead of Nouns)、「強有力的動詞」(Create Strong Verbs)、「避免過度使用It 及There開頭句」 (Avoid Overusing Sentences that Begin with It and There)、「除去重複及不必要的措詞」 (Delete Redundant and Needless Phrases)等科技英文寫作要點提供二十七個實用的練習章節。
* 明白寫作
本課程包括: 1.主詞及動詞必須前後呼應: 如果主詞的單複數與動詞不能配合，不僅讀者感到困惑，同時句子的邏輯也會發生問題。 2.代名詞必須清楚的使用:如果代名詞所指的人物或事物不能交待清楚，也是徒增讀者困惑。 3.句子的結構須有一致性: 科技英文寫作中，句子的建構必須有一致性。 4.去除修飾語所造成的問題: 修飾語必須放在所要修飾的字之旁。 5.再次檢查錯誤的比較詞及粗心的疏漏 :不合邏輯及不完整的比較詞造成更多的含糊不清，同時注意不小心漏掉的字。 6.避完不必要的句中轉換: 作者應避免句中不必要的主詞、時態及語態之轉換。
* 十個中英文句子結構之異同
1. Prevent overuse of traditional textbook phrases
2. Make your intended meaning more visually accessible
3. Avoid overemphasis of clauses involving time
4. Avoid overemphasis of clauses involving comparison
5. Avoid overemphasis of "domains" or prefacing the subject
6. Use transition to link sentences and promote the manuscript's flow
7. Provide variety in verb form and selection
8. Avoid excessively long sentences
9. Avoid overuse of First person unless explicitly expressing an opinion or conjecture
本課程希望以最實用的方式來介紹文件編修的技巧，並透過編修訓練避免英文寫作上常犯的錯誤。本課程分為六大單元，依次針對「精確寫作」 (Write for Conciseness)、「常用主動語氣」 (Use Active Voice Frequently)、「動詞替代名詞」 (Use Verbs Instead of Nouns)、「強有力的動詞」(Create Strong Verbs)、「避免過度使用It 及There開頭句」 (Avoid Overusing Sentences that Begin with It and There)、「除去重複及不必要的措詞」 (Delete Redundant and Needless Phrases)等科技英文寫作要點提供二十七個實用的練習章節。
* 明白寫作
本課程包括: 1.主詞及動詞必須前後呼應: 如果主詞的單複數與動詞不能配合，不僅讀者感到困惑，同時句子的邏輯也會發生問題。 2.代名詞必須清楚的使用:如果代名詞所指的人物或事物不能交待清楚，也是徒增讀者困惑。 3.句子的結構須有一致性: 科技英文寫作中，句子的建構必須有一致性。 4.去除修飾語所造成的問題: 修飾語必須放在所要修飾的字之旁。 5.再次檢查錯誤的比較詞及粗心的疏漏 :不合邏輯及不完整的比較詞造成更多的含糊不清，同時注意不小心漏掉的字。 6.避完不必要的句中轉換: 作者應避免句中不必要的主詞、時態及語態之轉換。
* 十個中英文句子結構之異同
1. Prevent overuse of traditional textbook phrases
2. Make your intended meaning more visually accessible
3. Avoid overemphasis of clauses involving time
4. Avoid overemphasis of clauses involving comparison
5. Avoid overemphasis of "domains" or prefacing the subject
6. Use transition to link sentences and promote the manuscript's flow
7. Provide variety in verb form and selection
8. Avoid excessively long sentences
9. Avoid overuse of First person unless explicitly expressing an opinion or conjecture
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Lecture 1:
Introducing the Course Syllabus - article
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Lecture 3:
Overcoming Chinese-English Habits in Writing - article
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Lecture 5:
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Lecture 6:
Using Active Voice Frequently -
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Lecture 7:
Using Verbs Instead of Nouns - article
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Ted Knoy
http://www.chineseowl.idv.tw
Having taught technical writing in the graduate school programs of National Chiao Tung University and National Tsing Hua University since 1989, Ted Knoy (柯泰德) served as an Associate Researcher at Union Chemical Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute (1994-2000) and as a full-time instructor in the Applied English Department at Yuan Pei University (2002-2005). Author of five books in "The Chinese Technical Writers' Series" and eight books in the "Chinese Professional Writers' Series", Ted is the English editor of several technical journals and publications in Taiwan. He is currently working on a Ph.D in Education at the University of East Anglia (U.K.).