Unlike the best of the new buildings, the most intriguing new products and graphics retain a streak of playfulness. Ron Curtis’ outdoor table, for example…

The postmodern impulse of the 1970s was fundamentally a movement away from the cerebral and toward the sensual. Today, although interest in the frillier postmodern forms is waning, many architects and designers are taking a further leap in the same direction…

這幾天逛網站時發現有兩位前輩翻譯葉慈的 “All Things Can Tempt Me”，版主細讀之下，覺得有些翻譯疑問值得詳加討論，在此貼文供網友參考，如有疑問，請不吝賜教。

症狀怵目驚心：酷愛鮮肉 - 最好鮮血淋淋；畏懼陽光； 偏愛面似妖怪、骨架纖細的浪子。這些症狀在在顯示，受害者已遭吸血鬼噬咬…。

The traslucid material, a series of straws encapsulated between two crystals, creates a virtual sequence of exterior spaces, and colors the interior with orange light that contrasts with the unit painted in tones of gray and creates veils of color and reflections that …

A holiday home located on a deserted beach, each of the three bedrooms, and the main living accommodation, are expressed as individual structures connected by a raised timber walkway. The indigenous dwarf tropical dry forest is to provide natural screening…

視譯是介於筆譯與口譯之間的一種傳譯過程，有心鑽研翻譯的網友，可透過視譯來提升自己對於中英文差異的敏銳度。本篇著重於英文關係代名詞 “which…” 句型的視譯練習。

The Westside project, a new center for Leisure and Shopping in Brünnen, is an urban scale architecture project totaling 1.5 million square feet. In addition to housing, there are 55 shops…

When the north stable doors are pinned open, water of the indoor pool laps against their slate thresholds, and the building appears flooded. One enters through a watery chamber across an oak bridge, leaving the brick courtyard for a world of minimal materials…

版主今天想藉由英文單字 “Purist” (純粹主義者) 來與網友閒聊一下。版主稍可稱為是「語言純粹派」，否則就不會每天辛辛苦苦爬文來針砭時事，間或指正捷運公司或英語網站所犯的錯誤。 不過，版主並非醬缸裡長大的華人，腦筋並非一成不變，還是能夠理解與掌握語言的變遷，絕非無可救藥的語言鷹派…。