从《促织》的英译本对比中西译者译风的不同

《促织》是蒲松龄的文言小说《聊斋志异》中的名篇。从词汇、句子结构和理解三大方面对比分析著名翻译家张庆年和丹尼斯、维克多等的两种译本,体现中西译者作为不同的翻译主体的不同的译风,分析其译风不同的客观原因,以期对国内译者提高翻译质量有所启发。     

Optimal lineups in Twenty20 cricket

ABSTRACT

This paper considers the determination of optimal team lineups in Twenty20 cricket where a lineup consists of three components: team selection, batting order and bowling order. Via match simulation, we estimate the expected runs scored minus the expected runs allowed for a given lineup. The lineup is then optimized over a vast combinatorial space via simulated annealing. We observe that the composition of an optimal Twenty20 lineup sometimes results in non-traditional roles for players. As a by-product of the methodology, we obtain an ‘all-star’ lineup selected from international Twenty20 cricketers.     

An extension of the Freund's bivariate distribution to model cascading failures

The notion of cascading failures is a common phenomenon we observe around us. Here the initial failure alters the structure function of the system, which leads to subsequent failures within a short period of time referred to as threshold time. The concept of cascading failures within the framework of reliability theory and the Freund bivariate exponential distribution to model cascading failures has been studied by few authors. The Freund bivariate exponential distribution allows modelling a parallel redundant system with two components. In this system, the lifetimes of the two components behave as if they are independent, until one of the components fail, after which the remaining component suffers an increased/decreased stress. In this article, we further generalize this model to accommodate cascading failures. Various properties of the model are investigated and statistical inference procedures are developed using L-moments and method of moments. A practical application of this model is illustrated using data from www.espncricinfo.com. Also well analysed Diabetic Retinopathy Study (DRS) data is further analysed using this model and our findings are presented.     

贵州民族学院木球队体能训练方法浅谈

2009年4月贵州民族学院成立了木球运动训练队,在初建队的时期发现队员的体能存在着严重的不足。为了解决好体能不足的问题,我们针对性的制定了一套提高体能的训练计划和方法。通过对不同时期的训练成绩进行对比,验证了该训练计划是科学合理的,对贵州民族学院木球运动训练队的训练成绩的提高有着积极的作用。     

瞬间而永恒的极致演绎——毕飞宇《蛐蛐 蛐蛐》论

《蛐蛐 蛐蛐》呈现出一种意象纷乱、阴森和扑朔迷离的特点。它旨在进行一种宏大背景下的叙述,使人性的丑陋、压抑、扭曲都得到最为细腻而充分的展示,使读者对小说不得不进行着更深的与更多可能的解读。《蛐蛐 蛐蛐》更多地显示了汉语文学的意义。小说中的三类死亡,涵盖了当时所有知识分子的命运。《蛐蛐 蛐蛐》使短篇小说文本的可能范围有了进一步拓宽。     

Neutral umpires and leg before wicket decisions in test cricket

Summary.  The proportions of dismissals which were leg before wicket in test cricket matches during 1978–2004 are analysed by using generalized linear and mixed models to assess the effect of location, team and the presence or otherwise of neutral umpires. The location and the team batting are clearly significant. There is also clear evidence of an interaction showing that some teams' players are out leg before wicket less often at home but there is no further interaction with neutral umpires, suggesting that this is not caused simply by home umpires favouring the home team.     

《促织》与《变形记》的比较研究

本文论述了《促织》与《变形记》所具有的共同点,即两者叙述了相同的故事、反映了人类在特定历史阶段的共同 经验和体验,而这种共同点的产生是由于客观社会条件的相似性和主体创作态度的相似性而造成的。     

Decolonial strategies in world politics: C.L.R. James and the writing and playing of cricket

Discussions of decolonizing world politics have flourished in international studies recently but few of these engage with popular culture, especially sports. In this paper, I address this gap and consider sports – specifically the sport of cricket – as a global phenomenon, useful for discussing key decolonizing strategies. This paper argues that cricket, as a form of popular culture, offers language and practices to critique oppressive sociopolitical norms and global hierarchies. It draws upon the cricket-writing of C.L.R. James, specifically his book Beyond a Boundary, as well as on the experiences of playing cricket to outline some decolonial strategies. These strategies include shifting perspectives on world politics, the role of biography and autobiography as critique, and the relevance of positionality in describing global processes and in the construction of knowledge. Overall, this paper claims that popular culture, especially those which are popular in the Global South, offers ways to rethink and rework relations between the powerful and less powerful. Cricket provides examples of ways in which these various decolonial strategies can be enacted in practice.     

Rating teams and analysing outcomes in one-day and test cricket

Summary.  Multiple linear regression techniques are applied to determine the relative batting and bowling strengths and a common home advantage for teams playing both innings of international one-day cricket and the first innings of a test-match. It is established that in both forms of the game Australia and South Africa were rated substantially above the other teams. It is also shown that home teams generally enjoyed a significant advantage. Using the relative batting and bowling strengths of teams, together with parameters that are associated with common home advantage, winning the toss and the establishment of a first-innings lead, multinomial logistic regression techniques are applied to explore further how these factors critically affect outcomes of test-matches. It is established that in test cricket a team's first-innings batting and bowling strength, first-innings lead, batting order and home advantage are strong predictors of a winning match outcome. Contrary to popular opinion, it is found that the team batting second in a test enjoys a significant advantage. Notably, the relative superiority of teams during the fourth innings of a test-match, but not the third innings, is a strong predictor of a winning outcome. There is no evidence to suggest that teams generally gained a winning advantage as a result of winning the toss.     

Predicting the outcomes of annual sporting contests

Summary.  Data from 20 sporting contests in which the same two teams compete regularly are studied. Strong and weak symmetry requirements for possible models are identified, and some simple models are proposed and fitted to the data. The need to compute the exact likelihood function and the presence of missing values make this non-trivial. Forecasting match outcomes by using the models can give a modest improvement over a naïve forecast. Significance tests for studying the effect of 'match covariates' such as playing at home or away or winning the toss are introduced, and the effect of these covariates is in general found to be quite large.