本書十分系統地探討了中式英語這一非常普遍的現象。作者瓊·平卡姆是美國人，畢生從事翻譯工作。作者對書中中式英語實例逐一修改并加以分析。
《中式英語之鑒》有如下特點：中美資深翻譯專家聯手打造，眾多業內知名人士傾情推薦分類列舉中式英語常見頑疾，全面揭示詞語句式典型誤區深入淺出分析大量精選例句，循循善誘教你改正蹩腳表達即學即用豐富實例鞏固記憶，循序漸進熟練掌握地道英語。
作者：(美國)平卡姆(Joan Pinkham) 注釋 解說詞：姜桂華
Joan Pinkham，美國職業翻譯，畢業于哥倫比亞大學巴納德學院 (Barnard College 0f Columblauniversity)，并在美 國著名文理學院明德學院(MidaeburyCollege)獲碩士學位。攻讀碩士期間獲富布賴特(Fulbriqht)獎學金赴巴黎大學(University ofParls)學習。畢業后在世界衛生組織聯合國總部聯絡處紐約工作十年，擔任雙語秘書。之后為自由職業翻譯，翻譯的很多重要著作和文章受到高度評價。曾在中國的外文出版社和中央編譯局從事譯文修改工作，參與審校周思來、鄧小平、陳云等中國領導人的
著作譯文。
姜桂華，中央編譯局中央文獻翻譯室英文處處長、譯審，全國人民代表大會法制工作委員會英文版法律匯編譯審委員。1962年畢業于原北京外國語學院英語系翻譯班，1983年赴美國馬薩諸塞大學進修學習英語。長期從事英語翻譯工作，并于2006年獲“全國資深翻譯家”稱號，曾翻譯《*選集》1～5卷，《周恩來選集》上、下卷，《聶榮臻革命回憶錄》、1964年－1994年全國人民代表大會文件等，審核《中華人民共和國法律匯編》(1995-2009)以及《香港特別行政區基本法導論》等英譯文。
To the Reader
Part One:Unnecessary Words
1.Unnecessary Nouns and Verbs
2.Unneccessary Modifiers
3.Redundant Twins
4.Saying the Same Thing Twice
5.Repeated References to the Same Thing
6.Summing it All Up
Part Two:Sentence Structure
7.The Noun Plague
8.Pronouns and Antecedents
9.The Placement of Phrases and Clauses
10.Dangling Modifiers
11.Parallel Structure
12.Logical Connectives
13.Summing it All Up
Part Three:Supplementary Examples
Key to Exercises
Selectde Bibliography
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