如果你对学如何把文字写得清晰感兴趣，不妨去读读《简白说话的艺术》（The Art of Plain Talk）。[1] 书有点年头了——好像是 1950 年代的——但它展示了怎么用清晰、直白的语言来表达思想。其中很大一部分技巧在于尽量多用动词，少用形容词。同理，……
If you're interested in learning how to write clearly, check out "The Art of Plain Talk". [1] It's dated – from the 1950's I think – but shows how to express ideas with clear, direct language. A lot of it has to do with using verbs as much as possible and cutting down on adjectives. Similarly,…
这段读起来简直像是直接从 1946 年的《简白说话的艺术》（The Art of Plain Talk）里抄出来的。[1] 我十几年前读了那本书，它对我写作的方式影响极大。人们总是忍不住想用大词来显得自己更专业。其实很大一部分关键在于了解你的读者。……
This reads like it’s straight from “The Art of Plain Talk”, 1946. [1] I picked up that book over a decade ago, and it had a big effect on the way I write. There’s a temptation to use big words to sound more professional. Part of it is understanding your audience.…
…Truss 3. 《风格的要素》（The Elements of Style）Strunk & White 著 4. 《风格感觉》（The Sense of Style）Steven Pinker 著 5. 《写作生涯》（The Writing Life）Annie Dillard 著 6. 《写作工具》（Writing Tools）Roy Peter Clark 著 7. 《一只鸟接着一只鸟》（Bird by Bird）Anne Lamott 著 8. 《简白说话的艺术》（The Art of Plain Talk）Rudolf Flesch 著 9. 《作家参考手册》（A Writer's Reference）Diana Hacker 著 10. 《科学写作》（Writing Science）Joshua Schimel 著
…Truss 3. The Elements of Style by Strunk & White 4. The Sense of Style by Steven Pinker 5. The Writing Life by Annie Dillard 6. Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark 7. Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott 8. The Art of Plain Talk by Rudolf Flesch 9. A Writer's Reference by Diana Hacker 10. Writing Science by Joshua Schimel
……我当时想的是类似 Netflix 那种推荐引擎，基于文本涵盖的主题和书籍的整体“阅读年级难度”（grade level）来推荐。在后者方面已经有一些不错的研究成果了，比如《简白说话的艺术》（The Art of Plain Talk），里面就有一套用于分析给定文本阅读年级难度的系统。
…I was thinking along the lines of the Netflix recommendation engine based on topics covered in a text and the overall 'grade level' of the book. There's been some good work done in the latter, eg "The Art of Plain Talk" which has a system for analyzing the grade level of a given piece of writing.
如果你对学如何把文字写得清晰感兴趣，不妨去读读《简白说话的艺术》（The Art of Plain Talk）。[1] 书有点年头了——好像是 1950 年代的——但它展示了怎么用清晰、直白的语言来表达思想。其中很大一部分技巧在于尽量多用动词，少用形容词。同理，……
If you're interested in learning how to write clearly, check out "The Art of Plain Talk". [1] It's dated – from the 1950's I think – but shows how to express ideas with clear, direct language. A lot of it has to do with using verbs as much as possible and cutting down on adjectives. Similarly,…
这段读起来简直像是直接从 1946 年的《简白说话的艺术》（The Art of Plain Talk）里抄出来的。[1] 我十几年前读了那本书，它对我写作的方式影响极大。人们总是忍不住想用大词来显得自己更专业。其实很大一部分关键在于了解你的读者。……
This reads like it’s straight from “The Art of Plain Talk”, 1946. [1] I picked up that book over a decade ago, and it had a big effect on the way I write. There’s a temptation to use big words to sound more professional. Part of it is understanding your audience.…
…Truss 3. 《风格的要素》（The Elements of Style）Strunk & White 著 4. 《风格感觉》（The Sense of Style）Steven Pinker 著 5. 《写作生涯》（The Writing Life）Annie Dillard 著 6. 《写作工具》（Writing Tools）Roy Peter Clark 著 7. 《一只鸟接着一只鸟》（Bird by Bird）Anne Lamott 著 8. 《简白说话的艺术》（The Art of Plain Talk）Rudolf Flesch 著 9. 《作家参考手册》（A Writer's Reference）Diana Hacker 著 10. 《科学写作》（Writing Science）Joshua Schimel 著
…Truss 3. The Elements of Style by Strunk & White 4. The Sense of Style by Steven Pinker 5. The Writing Life by Annie Dillard 6. Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark 7. Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott 8. The Art of Plain Talk by Rudolf Flesch 9. A Writer's Reference by Diana Hacker 10. Writing Science by Joshua Schimel
……我当时想的是类似 Netflix 那种推荐引擎，基于文本涵盖的主题和书籍的整体“阅读年级难度”（grade level）来推荐。在后者方面已经有一些不错的研究成果了，比如《简白说话的艺术》（The Art of Plain Talk），里面就有一套用于分析给定文本阅读年级难度的系统。
…I was thinking along the lines of the Netflix recommendation engine based on topics covered in a text and the overall 'grade level' of the book. There's been some good work done in the latter, eg "The Art of Plain Talk" which has a system for analyzing the grade level of a given piece of writing.