財經專欄中的寫作策略差異－－記者與學者之比較

The Differences in Writing Styles between Scholars and Journalists: An Illustration through Economic and Financial Editorials

本文比較學者專家與記者所撰寫之財經專欄的風格殊異。本文透過統計檢定，檢測每句平均字數，進而發現記者文章中的每句平均字數，明顯比學者所撰寫文章中的每句平均字數要短。本文試著探討該差異的形成原因：由於財經記者的文章中充斥著口語句型，且口語句型的每句平均字數偏短。加上學者喜歡套用洋蔥句型，而洋蔥句型的平均字數偏長。兩者皆可能是造成此差異的原因。本文以幾個例子作說明，進而探討口語表達模式與洋蔥句型對譯者所帶來的挑戰。

This paper compares the writing style of Op-Ed written by scholars and journalists.Our samples are selected from economic and financial editorials. We examine the hypothesis regarding the differences in the average words per sentence between editorials written by scholars and journalists. The average words per sentence are significantly lowers in editorials written by journalists than by scholars. Casual observation suggests that there are greater uses of oral expressions by journalists and more frequent uses of onion sentences by scholars, both might partially contribute to such differential. In addition, different writing strategies pursued by journalists and scholars could mean additional challenges to translators. 本文比較學者專家與記者所撰寫之財經專欄的風格殊異。本文透過統計檢定，檢測每句平均字數，進而發現記者文章中的每句平均字數，明顯比學者所撰寫文章中的每句平均字數要短。本文試著探討該差異的形成原因：由於財經記者的文章中充斥著口語句型，且口語句型的每句平均字數偏短。加上學者喜歡套用洋蔥句型，而洋蔥句型的平均字數偏長。兩者皆可能是造成此差異的原因。本文以幾個例子作說明，進而探討口語表達模式與洋蔥句型對譯者所帶來的挑戰。