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To Mr Ma: Just want to clarify something about "text" and "context".It seems that some of us might ignore the difference between these two words in terms of its meaning. I would like to share with you my understanding in this regard. My understanding might be wrong, if so, please point it out. I always believe that we can benefit from logical discussion. I was aware of this phenomenon previously, and I saw it here in your answer to my first question in this post. When I asked you for more texts, you replied me with “Sorry, I do not have any further context”. By asking for more texts, I mean more sentences from the article you are translating, which might make up a context to help me understand the questioned phrase in its context. In your question, you just mentioned the phrase as a stand-alone phrase, and by replying with “no further context available”, it confused me, how can a phrase from an article be without context, Context means that some sentences which can help us define the meaning of a concerned word, these sentences are not necessary to be adjacent to the word concerned, it could be far away from the passage which contains the word concerned. Depending on the reader, it might consider some of the sentences as context of a concerned word, while someone else might consider other sentences as context of that word. In other words, the context is not fixed, the reader itself work out what the context is, that is why I always prefer reading the whole stuff or a concerned word in context, before I come up with my suggestion. So if one asks for more texts, that means he wants to figure out what the context is, by reading the additional sentences provided, if he is still not able to figure out what the context is after that, he might ask for more sentences /texts. Again, please bear in mind, the sentences providing us a context of a concerned word, are not necessary to be adjacent to that word concerned. And also that concerned word might not be among those sentences which provide us with the context. Let’s back to the situation, later on you provided the contents under that subtitle, and those sentences under the subtitle provided enabled me to figure out the context of it. So in fact, that phrase is not a stand-alone, isolated phrase, there is a context to determine its meaning. 在中文里,我们说它是“上下文”或“语境”。这两个翻译,在反映原词的意思上,是有微妙差别的。同样,这两个中文词本身,也带着这样的微妙差别。就我的理解,“上下文”指那些具体的,可以读到的句子,同时带有“语境”的意思。而语境则是抽象的,是建立在读者对那些句子的理解上,形成的一种帮助理解文字的,一种通过语言形成的一种背景/场景/范畴。“上下文”可以贴出来,而“语境”是贴不出来的,只可以意会,理解。结合上面在英文部分提到的内容,那些围绕一个词,帮助读者确定该词意思的那些相关句子,可以说成是“context”,这种“context”是可以贴出来的。但是,从对这些句子的理解,而形成的那个用来确定其意思的“context”,跟中文里的“语境”一样,是不能贴出来的。例如,sacrifice 在一个宗教的语境中,它有“献祭/献牲(宰牲口作献祭)”,在一个战场的语境中,它是“牺牲生命”,在一个花时间的语境中,它是“献出时间”。等等,这些语境,是通过阅读文字后读者归纳,体会出来的。这些语境/context是不能贴出来的。 Thanks and I hope we both benefit from this discussion.
Performance--- if you are doing the job well, then your performance is good. the meaning of performance in the context here, according to my understanding is 工作/工作进度/工作情况, how is the person going with the success plan. it report what stage he is in, what is done and what action has been taken /or not taken ,etc. Entry---- data entry, enter the information about the execution of the plan. The entered data can be made either public or private, public will be visible to other colleagues, private will be visible to that person. It looks like to me that it is a internal management software which enables the alignment of departments, and internal communication. Performance Journal Entry 工作情况记录输入
They are not related. I pasted the context here: Make a Performance Journal Entry 1.Click the My Success Plan tab. 2.Click the Goals link. Located in the left sidebar. 3.Click the Add Journal Entry link.Located in the Actions column on the right. 4.Enter information in the Subject field. 5.Enter information in the Journal Entry field. 6.To change the Contribution Date from the default of current date, click the Date Picker button. 7.Click the desired date. 8.Choose the Visibility option by clicking the desired radio button, Public or Private. 9.Scroll down if necessary. Click the Save button. 10.End of Procedure.
Is this question related to your other questions, eg. "fix", "Grow entrepreneurial unit"? if yes, does "performance Journal Entry" appear before the webpage containing "fix","grow entrepreneurial unit", in other words, once you click on that "performance journal entry”, then you come to another page, then might be a more few more clicks, finally you come to the page containing “fix”, “grow entrepreneurial unit”?
Log and journal entries are usually entered regularly. I don't think it necessary to specify the regularity, unless there is a specification in the same text.
more text,please. I am not asking more "tax" out of your pocket. :-) happy new year!
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Wenjer Leuschel (X) Taiwan Local time: 21:27 Works in field Native speaker of: Chinese PRO pts in category: 20
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Thanks to Wenjer for prompt help. I am meeting a deadline this evening.
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Asker: Thanks! Wenjer and hc_ha. Sorry, I do not have any further context.
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