1. 认识这个词(基础篇)
词:translate
英英释义:to change something into a different form
例句:It’s time to translate words into action.
2. 体会这个词 (进阶篇)
我们很熟悉“translate”可以表示“翻译”的用法,不过可能对它引申的用法比较陌生。“translate”经常可以表示“转化”,如同把一种语言翻译成另一种语言,我们可以用 translate 让两个事物发生转化。
比如,“化痛苦为力量”就可以说成:
It's time to translate pain into strength.
我们想表达一个产品的客服做的越好,它的用户就会越忠诚,我们就可以说:
Quality customer service translates into customer loyalty.
由于 translate 可以描述两个事物的转化,这种转化很多时候都可以理解为“意味着”(上面句子中的 translate 就可以理解为“意味着”)。
这种用法在外刊中很常见,比如《经济学人》在语言板块 Johnson 中讨论学习外语的价值时,在标题部分就用到了 translate:
们就可以说:
Even on conservative estimates, speaking another language translates into a big earnings boost.
3. 从认识到会用(作业)
1)翻译下面的句子:
能够流利地说一门外语,就意味着在工作中有优势。
The ability to speak a foreign language can tranlate into the advantage in work.
(参考翻译:Fluency in a foreign language can translate into an edge in the workplace.)
2.摘录 To overcome procrastination,it's time to translate into specific and concrete actions
3.The overconfidence accounts for my failure in the national scholarship which already translate into the power.Skye!remember that the self-discipline will translate into freedom in the future. You should shift the mind-numbing activities from the active thinking.