米德佳英文編修校對 & 中翻英的部落格

追求細枝末節，忘記事物根本的、主要的部分。

一篇科學論文的可讀性是至關重要的，應當引起作者的高度重視。可讀性是由如下因素決定的:

If you work slowly but constantly, you will succeed better than if you work fast for a short while and do not continue. “Slow and steady wins the race" is the moral of the fable about the tortoise and the hare. The short rendition of it: The hare boasted that it was the fastest animal and could beat any other animal in a race. He laughed when the tortoise accepted his challenge. Of course, he took off and left the tortoise behind and he had such a lead, he decided to take a break here and there. The hare ran quickly and then stopped periodically, feeling confident about winning because the tortoise was so slow. But the tortoise just kept plodding along, slow and steady. Well, the hare got distracted during his last break and he didn’t realize that the tortoise had crossed the finish line. Slow and steady wins the race.

Give equal shares to all. Having or taking equal shares, meaning that that it is good to share things fairly and equally.

在科學與技術的發展處於轉折,發現和革命的時期,像本世紀之初量子論誕生那種充滿重大發現的年代;像四十年代未至五十年代初發明晶體管的年代,像五十年代發現DNA雙螺旋結構從而開創分於生物學的激動人心的時期,創新是一種科學發現,它必將開創一個新的學科領域,對人類的認識在哲學的高度上產生深遠的影響,對於這些科學革命時期的創新,學術界很容易理解和體會它的含義,這不屬於本文論述的重點;本文所關心的是處於科學技術平穩的發展時期,由一般科技人員撰寫的論文,它的創新性究竟是指什麼,請先看一下《Nature》與《Science》的說明。

聞：聽見。聽得再多，也不如親眼見到一次。

< 羅馬不是一天造成的 > 是ㄧ句古諺，演變成現今的意思是說 : 事情的成功無法ㄧ蹴可及，必須努力不斷，還要能持久堅持。(如同羅馬帝國漫長的建國史一樣，ㄧ代又ㄧ代，持續不斷的才能達至最後的勝利。)

驕者必敗:驕傲的人往往會因大意而遭到挫敗。如：他宣稱自己穩拿冠軍，卻名落孫山，的確驗證了驕者必敗這句話。