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Emphasis Oral Literary Works Generally Chicano English Language Developed

en 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.
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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 uninspireddeveloped the powerfu l and arresting language that characterize d their Spanish-language works .

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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).

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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 /。

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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/.

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