参考译文
Proofreading a Document
校对文件
Russell: Hey, LeeAnn, you were an English major, right?
拉塞尔:嘿!李鞍,你是英语专业的,是吧?
LeeAnn: Yes.
李鞍:是啊。
Russell: Could you proofread this for me?
拉塞尔:你能帮我校对一下文件吗?
LeeAnn: I don't know. Do you want me to proof it for content or for structure?
李鞍:我也不知道能不能胜任。你想让我校对内容呢,还是格式呢?
Russell: For everything.
拉塞尔:都校对。
LeeAnn: So you're asking me to fact check all of the facts and figures and to parse each line to find any spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors.
李鞍: 所以你让我核查所有的技术以及数据,并分析每一行的文字找到是否存在拼写、语法或者标点错误。
Russell: That's right. I used the spell check on it, but some typos may have slipped through. I wouldn't be surprised if it were riddled with other errors, too.
拉塞尔;对的。我使用了拼写检查工具,但是可能还是遗漏了一些错误。如果文档里面有其他的错误,也不足为奇。
LeeAnn: Right. What about the formatting?
李鞍:好。那么格式呢?
Russell: Check that, too. You can edit out the errors as you go along.
拉塞尔:也检查检查吧。你可以边看边编辑删除错误。
LeeAnn: You want me to proofread and edit it?
李鞍:你这是想要我既校对又编辑文章啊?
Russell: Sure, if you don't mind.
拉塞尔:对啊,如果你不介意的话。
LeeAnn: You do realize that this is a 400-page document, right?
李鞍:你知道这是一篇400页的文档,对吧!
Russell: Is there a problem?
拉塞尔:我知道啊,有什么问题吗?
注释:
proofread .vt.校正; 校对;
例句:Has this document been proofread?
这份文件校对过没有?
parse.vt.从语法上描述或分析(词句等)
例句:I'm not going to parse his statement
我不打算分析他的声明
realize.vt.了解,意识到
例句:Do they realize we are racing towards complete economic collapse?
他们意识到我们的经济马上要彻底崩溃了吗?
听力原文
Proofreading a Document
Russell: Hey, LeeAnn, you were an English major, right?
LeeAnn: Yes.
Russell: Could you proofread this for me?
LeeAnn: I don't know. Do you want me to proof it for content or for structure?
Russell: For everything.
LeeAnn: So you're asking me to fact check all of the facts and figures and to parse each line to find any spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors.
Russell: That's right. I used the spell check on it, but some typos may have slipped through. I wouldn't be surprised if it were riddled with other errors, too.
LeeAnn: Right. What about the formatting?
Russell: Check that, too. You can edit out the errors as you go along.
LeeAnn: You want me to proofread and edit it?
Russell: Sure, if you don't mind.
LeeAnn: You do realize that this is a 400-page document, right?
Russell: Is there a problem?