英文科技写作：谁动了我的xyz词 (1)

热度 1 虞左俊 2014-2-6 05:47

谁动了我的形容词？ Who moved my adj.? I just finished talking to a post doc at my lab, to go over my comments on her manuscript. One thing I noticed is that she placed some adj. randomly. For example, eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean (Choice A) vs. equatorial eas ...

个人分类: Scientific Writing|3329 次阅读|1 个评论 热度 1

For the first time, I surrender...

热度 2 虞左俊 2013-12-5 19:41

As a full-time freelancer, I still need more work. However, some papers are impossible to fix, because the English is sooooooo bad. Ok, I can fix the grammar, but I cannot fix the meaning of some sentences. I have no idea what the hell the authors (or the translators) are trying to say! I ...

个人分类: Scientific Translation|2798 次阅读|6 个评论 热度 2

Ginger may be prettier, but I am better

虞左俊 2013-10-11 15:22

A friend told me about Ginger. She is pretty：（黄）金发，蓝眼睛，加上可爱的雀斑（yes, freckles are considered cute in the West; now you know why I won't return to China for good). I tried a common saying in English, which is I have to go. Ginger failed my test. Then, I tried ...

个人分类: Scientific Writing|2768 次阅读|没有评论

My first (and last) OA paper is finally out

热度 2 虞左俊 2013-9-14 19:40

Dynamics of the Indian-Ocean oxygen minimum zones http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S007966111300027X ps. We nicknamed it (Indian Ocean) OMZ Bible. Why? Just take a look at Table 1.

个人分类: My Research Interests|2814 次阅读|5 个评论 热度 2

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