政治与英语

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• CalChris · 2021 年

  ……我来说是他的那个观点：贫穷是非常昂贵的。我以前为了上英语课读过《猎象记》。想到阿富汗，很难不让人联想起“大博弈”的毫无意义。《政治与英语语言》、《论民族主义》……奥威尔是个伟大的作家。希钦斯曾想成为奥威尔。希钦斯很厉害，但算了吧，真成不了奥威尔。希钦斯在伊拉克问题上错得离谱，而且死不承认……

  …me was his idea that it is very expensive to be poor. I read Shooting an Elephant for an English class. It's hard not to think of the pointlessness of the Great Game when thinking about Afghanistan. Politics and the English Language, Notes on Nationalism, ... Orwell was a great writer. Hitchens wanted to be Orwell. Hitchens was good but, nope, not Orwell. Hitchens was unbelievably wrongly wrong about Iraq and would never admit it.…

• chernevik · 2012 年

  我对你知之甚少。我刚才一直在讨论的是你论点的典型模式。而我对你的动机一无所知。你读过奥威尔的《政治与英语语言》吗？如果你读过，你就会明白，人们完全有可能——甚至有时很普遍——在没有真正理解自己所持立场的情况下采取某种修辞姿态，纯粹是出于本能地支持……

  I know very little about you. I've been talking about the signature shape of your arguments. And I don't know anything of your motivations. Have you read Orwell's "Politics and the English Language"? If so you'll understand that it is possible, indeed sometimes common, for people to take rhetorical stances without actually understanding the position they are taking, out of a reflexive support for…

• bdesimone · 2011 年

  如果有机会，去读读奥威尔的《政治与英语语言》。“绝不要使用你在纸面上看惯了的隐喻、明喻或其他修辞手法。能用短词就绝不要用长词。如果有可能删掉一个词，一定要……”，

  If you get the chance, read Orwell's "Politics and the English Language." Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Never us a long word where a short one will do. If it is possible to cut a word out, always…

• s_baby · 2013 年

  克拉伦斯的决定以及许多其他政客的决定很可能就是奥威尔作品的影响。在读了奥威尔的《散文集》后，我一直在身体力行。在他的散文《政治与英语语言》中，奥威尔将优秀写作归纳为：1. “绝不要使用你在纸面上看惯了的隐喻、明喻或其他修辞手法。” 2. “能用短词就绝不要用长词。” 3. “如果……”，

  Clarence's decision and the decision of many other politicians is likely the product of Orwell's writing. After reading Orwell's "Collection of Essays" I've been doing the same. In his essay, "Politics and the English Language." Orwell boils down good writing to: 1. “Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.” 2. “Never use a long word where a short one will do.” 3. “If…

• harshbhasin · 2014 年

  ……事实证明存在着重大的差异。我们工程师为自己掌握的软件 pattern 感到自豪，但作家们却对词汇 pattern（套路）嗤之以鼻，把它们称为陈词滥调。乔治·奥威尔的散文《政治与英语语言》简直把我的信念体系震了个粉碎！我们技能树的顶峰是抽象对象的能力，而食物链顶端的生物——软件架构师之所以能拿大钱，就是因为他……

  …there are important differences as I found out. We engineers are proud of our knowledge software patterns but writers snub their nose at word-patterns, calling them clichés. Why, George Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language" shook my belief system to the very core! The pinnacle of our skill set is our ability to abstract objects, and the highest animal in our food chain, the software architect is paid big bucks because he…

• cryoshon · 2015 年

  我给你推一本天花板级的：奥威尔的《政治与英语语言》。年轻时读到这篇散文让我走上了一条批判性思维和怀疑精神的奇妙道路，并且极大地改变了我的人生……不过，不能保证它对你也有同样的效果。

  I'll give you the top one: Politics and the English Language by Orwell. Reading this as a young man sent me down a wonderful road of critical thinking and skepticism and altered my life in a major way... no guarantee it'll do the same for you, though.

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