烟台论坛-烟台社区

标题: 囧研究：美式拼写比英式拼写更流行(双语) [打印本页]

作者: 冬咚 时间: 2016-8-1 16:52
标题: 囧研究：美式拼写比英式拼写更流行(双语)

(, 下载次数: 20)

　　British English may have come first, but around the world, the American way of spelling is now far more popular.
　　或许先有英式英语的，但美式拼写方法现在流行得多。

　　A recent examination of these two variants of the English language show that publications now largely use the American version, swapping words like ‘centre’ for ‘center’ after the 1880s.
　　最近一项研究审视了这两大英语语言的变种，发现出版期刊如今大幅使用美式英语，自19世纪80年代后，就把centre这样的词语替换成center。

　　According to the data, this shift was further strengthened around the time of World War I – and as the language evolved, even the British have ditched the spelling of some words for their trans-Atlantic counterparts.
　　从数据看，这一变化在一战期间又进一步加剧，随着语言的演变，甚至英国人自己也摒弃有些单词的拼写方式，换成大西洋彼岸的美式拼写。

　　Among many words, including ‘grey’ and ‘flavour,’ British English can be seen dwindling around 1880, when American English began to cross into wider use.
　　众多词汇里包括"grey"和“flavour”。大约在1890年间，英式英语开始衰退，而美式英语的运用却越来越广泛。

　　Since then, English-language publications have preferred ‘gray’ and ‘flavor,’ and despite fluctuations in use over the years, they’ve remained more popular than the preceding versions since overtaking them.
　　自此以后，英语出版物也开始偏向用"gray"和“flavor”。尽管多年来就如何拼写有过反复，自从美式英语赶超英式英语之后，"gray"和“flavor“比起之前的拼写方式而言，还是更受欢迎。

　　During World War I, the world also began to favor ‘defense’ over the British English version, ‘defence.’
　　一战期间，世界也开始喜欢用“defense”，而非英式版本的“defence”。

(, 下载次数: 21)

(, 下载次数: 18)
　　注：蓝色为美式英语，红色为英式英语。

　　For many years, British English maintained its hold on ‘honour,’ grappling with the American version for years as the two flip-flopped in popularity around the world. In the 1970s, however, American English gained a clear lead as ‘honor’ increasingly became the more spelling of choice.
　　多年来，英式英语保持着“honour”的拼法，和美式英语相持不下，随着这两种英语的地位互换，受欢迎程度也起了变化。然而，在20世纪70年代，美式英语取得领先，“honor”的拼法逐渐成为拼写主流。（沪江英语）

欢迎光临烟台论坛-烟台社区 (http://www.ytbbs.com/)