(Review)Corpus Linguistics for Translation and Contrastive Studies:A Guide for Research

In the article,Corpus Linguistics for Translation and Contrastive Studies:A Guide for Research is reviewed.Overall,the book can act as a handy guide to the field of corpus-based contrastive and translation studies for researchers,particularly beginning ones.It informs readers of parallel corpus building and using such a corpus for various research purposes with different software,etc.However,the book can be improved,apart from some minor errors,by covering studies on parallel corpora involving language pairs other than European ones,those on interpretation corpora,and so on.

A Corpus-based Contrastive Study of Conceptual Metaphor-A Case Study of English and Chinese Financial Reporting

Up to now there have been no contrastive studies of conceptual metaphor in English and Chinese economic field. In this paper, a corpus-based approach is adopted in comparing the conceptual metaphors in Chinese financial reporting (CFR) with those in English financial reporting (EFR). To make a contrastive study, this paper categorizes the conceptual metaphors identified in two corpora into two parts: same conceptual metaphors and different conceptual metaphors, and for the analysis of each conceptual metaphor, linguistic entity, frequency and percentage are taken as the three standards for comparison, which is analyzed with Concapp.

Experimental Phonetics Contrastive Study on [d?][t?][?]——Spoken by American Native Speakers and Yantai English Learners

The negative transfer of native language influences the English acquisition process of the college students from Yantai in a great degree,both in the segmental and suprasegmental level,while the consonants in the segmental level are influenced most.The paper makes an experimental phonetic contrastive study on [d?],[t?],[?] in the aspect of frication between native English speakers from America and English learners from Yantai basing on processing a large number of English word corpora by using PRAAT.It is found that the degree of frication of [d?],[t?],[?] in American English is strong,while Yantai weak.

A Contrastive Study on the C-E Translation of the Verb of Perception zhijian from the Perspective of Subjective Consciousness and Objective Consciousness

Verbs of perception include sight,hearing,smell,taste and touch,of which zhijian belongs to sight is very common in literary works,and its semantic meaning also begins to change with the development of time.Based on the original text and two translated versions of the Water Margin,this paper makes a comparative analysis of the translation strategies of zhijian on the basis that Chinese emphasizes subjective consciousness and the mixed consciousness of subjectivity and objectivity,while English stresses objective consciousness with a clear boundary between subjectivity and objectivity.According to previous studies,this paper regroups the appearance of zhijian and divides it into two categories,namely zhijian at the beginning of a sentence and at the beginning of a minor sentence.On the basis of the context and the changing function of zhijian,that is,the function of being a verb and being a discourse marker,it can be concluded that as the meaning of a verb,the real action,the meaning of zhijian is expressed by“seeing”,so translators usually adopt literal translation;while as a discourse marker,it is no longer the main component of sentence structure,but to highlight the following information,translators will adopt deletion,conversion and retaining.It can be seen that translators often need to convert Chinese characterized by subjective consciousness into English dominated by objective consciousness,thus conforming to various meaning of zhijian.

Contrastive Study of Differences between Chinese and American Higher Education Teaching Modes

This paper,based on the classroom teaching in University of Bridgeport and Anhui Polytechnic University,explores some differences in education notions,course design,teacher-student relationship,teaching methods,assessment and evaluation system between Chinese and American higher education.And some reflections and suggestions on Chinese higher education are given to promote Chinese higher education effect.

Comparative Study on Physical Fitness Test Models of Chinese, Japanese and American Students

The physical health of adolescents is related to the future of the nation and the competitiveness of the country.Through a comparative analysis of the backgrounds,organizations,testing programs and evolution processes of physical health tests in China,Japan and the United States,the three countries are explored.The development trends and problems of student physical fitness tests,find the differences,learn about the research results and experiences of physical fitness tests in Japan and the United States,draw on Japanese and American management models and successful cases,and propose some methods to optimize and improve China's physical fitness test models.It is recommended to make full use of the existing resources to promote the improvement of students'physical fitness.

Study on Treatment of 313 Patients with Mid-Late Primary Hepatocarcinoma by Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine

To evaluate objectively the clinical effect and superiority of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine (TCM-WM) in treating mid-late hepatocarcinoma.Methods: The 313 patients observed were divided randomly into 3 groups, Group Ⅰ, Ⅱ and Ⅲ, they were treated with protocol TACE, protocol PEI and comprehensive conservative therapy respectively. Each group was sub-divided into 2 sub-groups, sub-group A and B, and sub-group As was treated coordinately with different Chinese herbal medicine, Sisheng Decoction to sub-group ⅠA and ⅡA, and cinobufacin or norcantharidin to ⅢA respectively. And Chinese herbal medicine prescribed according to TCM Syndrome Differentiation was also given to all the sub-group As.Results: The integrated therapy showed significant effect in treating mid-late hepatocarcinoma, as it could improve significantly the clinical symptoms and signs, raise the quality of life and prolong the survival time in patients. When TCM-WM cooperated with TACE, it could alleviate the toxic effect and enhance the therapeutic effect of chemotherapy. There was statistical significant difference in clinical effect between the TCM-WM treated groups and the western medicine treated groups (P<0.05).Conclusion: TCM-WM therapy displays not only the action in enhancing the short-term therapeutic effect of treatment in treating mid-late hepatocarcinoma but also shows significant effect in enhancing long-term therapeutic effect and prolonging survival time in patients. It is worth further spreading.