今後の翻訳業界について
今後の翻訳業界はどうなる？《第186章》
■翻訳家K氏：プロである専門分野の翻訳者が求められる。
人の手による翻訳は機械翻訳に取って代わられる事なく、架け橋役を果たし続ける事でしょう。
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今週の文法ワード【initiate】
Today I would like to go over the verb “initiate”. It has three meanings in the English language:
1. to be the first person to start a plan with another person (usually among friends). For example:
I’m really annoyed with my friends now. Whenever we do something, I’m the one who always has to initiate. They never call me first.
I don’t usually initiate plans with my friends because I’m so busy. They always call me first.
2. to begin some kind of policy, plan or project. For example:
My company has initiated a new dress code policy. Now we have to wear a suit at work all the time.
America will initiate the next phases of the new health care law soon.
North and South Korea have initiated talks to resolve some of their differences.
3. to allow someone to enter an organization through some kind of ritual or challenge. For example:
The university fraternity initiates its new members by making them eat really strange food.
A: How did that club initiate you as a member?
B: They made me memorize a long speech and give it to them wearing only my underwear.
Please be careful with the pronunciation of this word; it is pronounced /in NISH shee ate/.
