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1、HowtochooserightwordsWrong≠inaccurate,unauthenticInaccurateorunauthenticwords→thoughtoffenceandmisunderstandingE.g.:country,state,landsimilarintranslation:“nation”differentinmeaning:Country:thelandandnationState:thestategovernment&governmentagenciesLand:awordmorethancountryOne,shouldhaveextensi
2、vereadingItwillhelpusunderstandthewordwiththesocial,historical,culturalandpoliticalfactors,choicetoconformtolanguagehabitsandsocialculturalbackground.E.g.:firstladyFirstladymustnotbeunderstoodasChinesefirstwife,sointhewritingshouldpayspecialattentiontothisword.otherwiseitwillleadtooffendandmisun
3、derstanding.Two,payattentiontodistinguishsynonymsinEnglishwritingWhenwechoosewords,weshouldconsiderthesubject,objectandscene.Asaresultofhistoricalreason,modernEnglishisnolongeraentirelynativelanguage,andalsoincludesalargenumberofFrenchandLatinsourcesoffeed,whichmakesEnglishsynonymsquiterich.E.g.
4、:slender,underweight,skinnyslender:acommendatory(褒义)wordskinny:anegativewordunderweight:isaneutraltermEvenifthesameiscommendatoryterm,theexpressionofemotionisalsodifferent.E.g.:largeandbiglarge:isusuallyusedtomodifysuchasnumber,amountandquantity(alargenumberofstudents,alargeamountofmoney,alargeq
5、uantityofwine,etc).big:isusedtomodifyMaterialobject,suchas“abigcar”,“abighouse"Thus,inEnglishwritingpractice,thedistinctionofsynonymsisveryimportant..Three,OneshouldhaveagoodgraspofthepartwhichEnglishandChinesebothcannotcorrespondtoNotallEnglishwordshavethecorrespondingChineseexpressions,whichha
6、senabledustouseEnglishtoexpressthoughttofacemoredifficultiesintheselection.E.g.:familyandhomeFamily:mainlyreferstothefamilymember,andthepeopleconcernedHome:referstotheplaceofresidence.SowecannotrelyonsimpleChinesemeaning.Orwemaybemisleading.AlthoughmanyEnglishcorrespondingChinesewordscanexpresst
7、heirrealmeaning,butoftensomeEnglishwordshavenoaccurateChineseequivalents;soonlyinadifferentcontexttodeterminetheirtruemeaning,E.g.:sendifonlytounderstanditintoChinese"send".Sentencessuchas"shesendtome"maybewrittenas"shesentm