用英文写作计算机博客

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介绍下用英文写作计算机博客的一些经验。

常见的表达

下面的表达，相比更能体现出不仅不能做之前说的，也不能做现在说的。而 Also 显得更像一个连接。

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Also, A can't do sth.

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Moreover, A can not do sth either.
We can't ..., nor can we ... .

少用汉语式的名词化表达，例如“执行 xx 行动”，“处理 xx 过程”。

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the lock is released

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the release of the lock is performed

进一步的，一些汉语中的虚词，在英语中要实化。例如，“这会导致难以理解的代码”，就是

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It could result in confusing codes.

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It could generate confusing codes.

尽量避免使用 It is 或者 there is 等来拖长表达

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It is hard to inspect the state.

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Inspecting the state is difficult.

从下面的例子中，能感觉到动名词前置的用法，更干练

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I don’t think the service itself should persist the updated configuration to the config file. Instead, this should be handled by the operator.

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Persisting the updated configuration should be the responsibility of the operator, not the service itself.

汉语中，很多虚词功能是通过复用实词来的，但是在英语中，如果有对应的虚词，就不要直接翻译汉语中的实词了。

偏向数据分析的表达

表达“A使用的内存占A的调用者的比重，相比B使用的内存占B调用者的比重是相近了”，从书面到口语。

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// 这里的 footprint 更专业术语一点。
A’s memory footprint relative to its callers is similar to B’s.

A and B exhibit similar memory-to-caller ratios.

The proportion of memory used by A relative to its callers is similar to that of B.

A and B have similar memory usage ratios with respect to their callers.