Re: 尚能侃(64):网络时代译事难 | Jan 10 2008- ʦ˵úãE.B. White Wm.StrunkǶλвͼͻıǵҪҲCNDҲ˳Ĺ۵㣬ĻЦ
I beg to disagree. This quotation of William Strunks is a good piece of rhetorical exposition. For the same reasonrefers to concise, and thus no inherited logic flaw exists here whatsoever. Of course, a machine with no unnecessary partsis presumed to have no missing parts, either! The two similes serve to support his argument with added rhetorical flare. Compare it with the following paragraph written by an evangelist:
People! The distinguished characteristic of China is people. The ancient temples are provocative. The Great Wall is inspiring. The Himalayas are beautiful. The trains are interesting. But the sharp characteristicthe one that grabs you first and stays with you throughout your stayis the almost indescribable and incomprehensible volume of people. Everywhere, people.
So, there is so much more than the mere logic in vigorous writings, my friend.
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