The Economist Style Guide 12th Edition

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Rare is the style guide that a person–even a word person–would want to read cover to cover. But The Economist Style Guide, designed, as the book says, to promote good writing, is so witty and rigorous as to be irresistible. The book consists of three parts. The first is the Economist’s style book, which acts as a position paper of sorts in favor of clear, concise, correct usage. The big no-noes listed in the book’s introduction are: “Do not be stuffy…. Do not be hectoring or arrogant…. Do not be too pleased with yourself…. Do not be too chatty…. Do not be too didactic…. [And] do not be sloppy.” Before even getting to the letter B, we are reminded that aggravate “means make worse, not irritate or annoy”; that an alibi “is the proven fact of being elsewhere, not a false explanation”; and that anarchy “means the complete absence of law or government. It may be harmonious or chaotic.” Part 2 of the book describes many of the spelling, grammar, and usage differences between British and American English. While many Briticisms are familiar to most Americans and vice versa, there are some words–such as homely, bomb, and table–that take on quite different meanings altogether when they cross the Atlantic. And part 3 offers a handy reference to such information as common business abbreviations, accountancy ratios, the Beaufort Scale, commodity-trade classifications, currencies, laws, measures, and stock-market indices. The U.S. reader should be aware (but not scared off by the fact) that some of the style issues addressed are specifically British. –Jane Steinberg

很少有一本风格指南能让一个人——即使是一个词人——愿意从头到尾地阅读。 但正如书中所说，《经济学人风格指南》旨在促进优秀写作，其诙谐和严谨令人难以抗拒。 本书由三部分组成。 第一个是《经济学人》的风格书，它充当某种立场文件，支持清晰、简洁、正确的用法。 书中介绍中列出的大忌是：“不要闷闷不乐……不要威吓或傲慢……不要对自己太满意……不要太健谈…… ……不要太说教……[并且]不要马虎。” 在谈到字母B之前，我们就被提醒“加重”“意味着变得更糟，而不是激怒或恼怒”； 不在场证明“是在别处的已被证实的事实，而不是错误的解释”； 无政府状态“意味着完全没有法律或政府。它可能是和谐的，也可能是混乱的。” 本书的第二部分描述了英式英语和美式英语之间的许多拼写、语法和用法差异。 虽然许多英国批评对大多数美国人来说都很熟悉，反之亦然，但有一些词——例如“Homely”、“Bomb”和“Table”——在跨越大西洋时却具有完全不同的含义。 第 3 部分提供了常见商业缩写、会计比率、蒲福氏量表、商品贸易分类、货币、法律、衡量标准和股票市场指数等信息的便捷参考。 美国读者应该意识到（但不要被这个事实吓倒），所讨论的一些风格问题是英国特有的。 ——简·斯坦伯格

作者简介 · · · · · ·

In 2023, Henry Winkler celebrates 50 years of success in Hollywood and continues to be in demand as an actor, producer, and director. He co-stars as acting teacher Gene Cousineau on the hit HBO dark comedy, Barry. For this role, he won his first Primetime Emmy Award in 2018 for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy as well as two Television Critics Choice Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, he was cast in 1973 in the iconic role of Arthur Fonzarelli, aka “The Fonz,” in the TV series Happy Days. During his 10 years on the popular sitcom, he won two Golden Globe Awards, was nominated three times for an Emmy Award and was also honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In recent years, Winkler appeared in a number of series, including Medical Police, Arrested Development, Children’s Hospital, Royal Pains, New Girl, and Parks and Recreation. He is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous children’s books, including Alien Superstar, A Trilogy andHank Zipzer the World’s Greatest Under-Achiever, a 28-book series inspired by Winkler’s own struggle with learning challenges. Of all the titles he has received, the ones he relishes most are husband, father and grandfather. Winkler and his wife, Stacey, have three children, Jed, Zoe and Max, and six grandchildren. They reside in Los Angeles with their two dogs.

2023 年，亨利·温克勒 (Henry Winkler)庆祝在好莱坞取得成功 50 周年，并作为演员、制片人和导演继续受到追捧。他在 HBO 热门黑色喜剧《巴里》中饰演表演老师吉恩·库西诺 (Gene Cousineau) 。凭借这个角色，他于 2018 年首次获得黄金时段艾美奖喜剧类最佳男配角奖，并两次获得电视评论家选择奖喜剧类最佳男配角奖。作为耶鲁大学戏剧学院的毕业生，他于 1973 年在电视剧《快乐时光》中饰演标志性角色 Arthur Fonzarelli（又名“The Fonz”） 。在他出演这部热门情景喜剧的 10 年里，他两次获得金球奖，三次获得艾美奖提名，并在好莱坞星光大道上获得一颗星。近年来，温克勒出演了多部连续剧，包括《医警》、《发展受阻》、《儿童医院》、《皇家痛苦》、《新女孩》和《公园与游憩》。他是《纽约时报》畅销书的作者，出版了多本儿童读物，包括《异形超级巨星》、《三部曲》和《世界上最伟大的后进生汉克·齐泽尔》（Hank Zipzer the World’s Greatest Under Achiever），这是一个 28 本书系列，其灵感来自温克勒自己与学习挑战的斗争。在他获得的所有头衔中，他最喜欢的是丈夫、父亲和祖父。温克勒和他的妻子史黛西育有三个孩子：杰德、佐伊和马克斯，以及六个孙子。他们和两只狗住在洛杉矶。

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