‘A person with some sort of learning disability’: the aetiological narrative and public construction of Susan Boyle

Susan Boyle’s audition for the television talent competition Britain’s Got Talent attracted global attention and widespread media discourse. In this article, I would like to examine this discourse to consider how Boyle’s success troubles conventional constructions of both learning disability and celebrity.

I extend Ciara Evans’s recognition that learning disability is invisible to reflect on the media responses to Boyle’s impairment. This reflection notes that even within Boyle’s own discourse, she is loosely positioned as having ‘some sort of learning disability’.

Detailed attention is given to the aetiological account of the ‘brain damage’ Boyle ‘suffered’ at birth. The analysis will consider the correlation with scientific discourse, trauma theory and the imposed biography to suggest that the construction of Boyle as both contained and unpredictable is already implicit in the aetiological narrative.     

信:新闻娱乐翻译不可僭越的底线——评Britain''s Got Talent和Susan Boyle的各种译法

我们以英国电视选秀节目Britain’s Got Talent及因该节目而走红的Susan Boyle在我国的诸多译法入手,探讨新闻娱乐翻译基本原则,指出：新闻娱乐翻译也应有底线,即,新闻娱乐翻译也应尽量求真,不能为了吸引人们的注意而随意歪曲原意,僭越“信”这一底线。     

基于语料库手段的本科翻译教学模式构建——以小品《不差钱》为译例

语料库有着强大的检索、存储、对比等功能,其语料的丰富性、真实性、新颖性和开放性以及数据统计的直观性与精确性能突破传统翻译教学模式的不足,为翻译教学注入了新的活力,变传统的宣讲式教学模式为数据驱动的翻译教学模式,使翻译课程更富有时代的魅力,有助于提高翻译教学的效果,为翻译教学开拓了一个全新的视角。     

“得意忘言”与魏晋六朝艺术观的建构

魏晋玄学以“本末有无之辩”为哲学主题,以“得意忘言”为哲学方法,塑造了清峻通脱的魏晋风度。在这种玄风影响之下,形成了魏晋独特的绘画艺术理论,表现在艺术方法注重“得意忘言”,艺术创作强调“以形写神”,鉴赏批评崇尚“气韵生动”。