Emphasis Oral Literary Works Generally Chicano English Language Developed

意群训练： It has thu s generally bee n by way o f the emphasis o n oral literary creativity tha t these Chicano writers , whose English-language works are sometimes uninspired ，developed the powerfu l and arresting language that characterize d their Spanish-language works .

标志： It has thus generally been /by way of the emphasis on oral literary creativity/ that these Chicano writers , (whose English-language works are sometimes uninspired ,) developed the powerful and arresting language (that characterized their Spanish-language works).

译文： 这样，这些C作家们 （他们的英语作品有时缺乏灵感 ）之所以能发展出 （称得上是其西班牙语作品的特征的）有力的迷人的语言 ，/一般是通过 强调口头文学的创造性的方式 /。

解释： 读者们阅读本句的时候一定感觉极其别扭。首先，我们尽管知道It has been...that...这种结构是一种强调语气，但是It has thus generally been by way of the emphasis on oral literary creativity that...看上去就极不舒服。当然从语法上讲这么说是可以的；可是我们确实很少见到把it has been和that之间插入这么多东西的说法。解释一下by way of的意思：就是通过什么样的方法、通过某种手段的意思。其英文释义为by the route of，同义词是via。

that以后的内容看上去更费劲，既有长插入语分开主谓语，又有复杂修饰的宾语。

本句之所以结构怪异、意思费解，其原因是作者为了强调这个口头文学的方法。否则，句子可以写得比较好懂：

Thus, these Chicano writers , whose English-language works are sometimes uninspired , developed the powerful and arresting language (that characterized their Spanish-language works), /generally by way of the emphasis on oral literary creativity/.