Standard English Writing -- From Chinglish to Native English

Author: Ma Shuai (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: The book discusses the dominant role of thinking in English sentence writing and illustrates the impact of Chinese-style thinking on short passages using concrete examples from contemporary society. It also provides examples and short passages from modern English publications as case studies, accompanied by detailed analysis. The examples in the book are as much as possible related to China, aiming to help students observe the thought process of expressing Chinese scenarios in English. The purpose of this book is to enable Chinese students with a certain foundation in English to overcome differences in Western culture and thought, firmly grasp the techniques of English sentence writing, and thus cross the threshold from Chinese-style English to authentic English. The book discusses the dominant role of thinking in English sentence writing and illustrates the impact of Chinese-style thinking on short passages using concrete examples from contemporary society. It also provides examples and short passages from modern English publications as case studies, accompanied by detailed analysis.
Author Bio: Ma Shuai graduated from the University of Oregon in the United States, earning a Ph.D. in British Literature. He currently teaches at the Department of English, Peking University. His main works include: the English monograph on the Renaissance, Philip Massinger's Tragedies—A Self-Decentered World (Peking University Press, 1998); Amazing Tales: Second Series (《》), a Chinese-to-English translation of classical and modern Chinese literature (Chinese Literature Press, 1998); and Old Si'an: Evening Glow of an Imperial City (《：》), translated from Chinese (Foreign Languages Press, 2001).