Jul 29, 2011 10:55
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English term
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a 'uniform' trait called attitude
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Robinson (2001a, and elsewhere) has devoted considerable attention to the role of aptitude in SLA, both in and out of the classroom. His contempo¬rary approach abandons isolated aspects of aptitude and instead focuses on aptitude complexes, and he has offered the Aptitude Complex Hypothesis that claims that learning draws on different combinations of cognitive abilities (aspects of aptitude) depending on the conditions of instructional exposure. In short, different learners with different aptitude clusters will respond to different instructional treatments differentially. Thus, the idea of a "uniform" trait called aptitude that is invariant and context-independent does not fit into Robinson's thinking.
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| 4 | 具有“一致化”特性的性向测试/学能测试/智能测试；或 “齐一性” |
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| 3 +1 | 一个称为能力倾向的 “标准化” 的单一特质 |
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English term (edited):
a \'uniform\' trait called attitude
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具有“一致化”特性的性向测试/学能测试/智能测试；或 “齐一性”
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一个称为能力倾向的 “标准化” 的单一特质
trait – 特质
aptitude – 能力倾向 (上文 – aptitude = cognitive abilities)
我想比较不肯定的是 “uniform” 应该怎样处理，按下文，uniform 主要要表示的就是 invariant and context-independent，这里只提供一个提议
aptitude – 能力倾向 (上文 – aptitude = cognitive abilities)
我想比较不肯定的是 “uniform” 应该怎样处理，按下文，uniform 主要要表示的就是 invariant and context-independent，这里只提供一个提议
Discussion
1. The writer is talking about the "idea" of uniform trait. It's a concept instead of a concrete personal characteristic.
2. "特质" may just be a specific "cluster" in the aptitude that the writer mentions.
That's why I suggest using a generic term like "格式"--"标准能力倾向格式"--to shade off the ambiguity. Or just use the writer's word "概念"--"idea"
具有标准化特质的能力倾向概念
But this long, wordy phrase might make the translation of the whole sentence awkward.
If the author is talking about the aptitude test, he's having his sentence here focused on the abstract ideas about aptitude. I think it won't go too far if we put it back into the bigger context of the aptitude test. It will make the translation of the whole sentence easy and natural in Chinese.
因此，具有“一致化”特性的性向测试，这种不变（僵化）而又与现实生活内容脱节的概念，根本不符合Robinson的想法。----Or something like this.
另外，按照整句的理解，可能不用按原文逐字翻会比较好。例如：
一个一成不变、无关乎实境的 “标准能力倾向格式”， 或”齐一模式“ 等等。。。
因为英文的trait可以是一种特质，也可以是在这里所指的“倾向“--依各种不同特质决定出某种能力的倾向。