"Parallelism" is a method where if you want to enumerate things such as multiple items and ideas in or outside a statement, there are conventions in which each of these elements must be language that has the same grammatical attributes. In other words, if a term is written you must write all the terms, if phrases are written you must keep the same style of the phrases, and if sections or sentences are written you must keep the same style of those sections or sentences.
In most cases, although both English and Japanese are written with the correct parallelism, Japanese people see more disorderly examples in Japanese rather than English probably because this sense of parallelism is sparse.
This presentation discusses this "parallelism" while contrasting it with items such as 1 "Enumeration methods," 2 "Expression variations," and 3 "Ellipsis." In "Expression variations," it is said that "In adjacent phrases, it is better to enrich sentences with a variety of expressions without repeating the same words and phrases. Otherwise the author will be suspected to have a low intelligence." is one of these places.
Whereas in "parallelism" there is must, in "expression variations" may is also considered. There is segregation of both ways, so there are one or two ways and that knowledge must be worked with.
Reference URL: English / Japanese
This seminar will take place in Japanese.
Speaker: Atsushi Tomii
Atsushi Tomii joined JAT in October 1985. He is a technical translator, and is the representative director of Techlingua Inc.
Besides company management, he is devoted to English education and book-writing. He was born in Yokosuka in 1934.
His major publications include titles such as the "Technical English Preposition Use Dictionary," "The Dictionary of Numerical Expressions in English," and "The Dictionary of the Technical English Sentence Structure,"(above from Sanseido) "Technical Translation Techniques," "Continued Technical Translation Techniques," "Science and Technology English Usage/Example Database,"(CD) (above from Maruzen) "Japanese-English Science and Engineering Dictionary,"(CD) " English-Japanese Science and Engineering Dictionary, "(CD) "Compilation of Scientific and Technical Expressions in English,"(CD) and "Using Verbs in English Scientific and Technical Writing " (above from Ohmsha, Ltd.).
Date: Saturday, September 21, 2013
Time: 14:00-17:00
Doors open: 13:30
Place: Forum 8, Shibuya
Address: Dogenzaka 2-10-17, Shibuya, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3780-0008
Cost: JAT members free, Non-members 1,000 yen (advance registration NOT necessary)
Koryukai: from 17:15 (advance registration is NOT necessary, register and pay at seminar reception)
Venue: The Aldgate British Pub
Cost: 2,000 yen (Food only/cash bar)
Inquiries: Tokyo Activities Committee