研究報告的寫作(3)

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For additional clarity and emphasis, major results should be presented in a visual format——tables, charts, graphs, diagrams——as well as in a verbal one.
    為了增添清晰和強調(diào),主要的結(jié)果應(yīng)該用一種視覺樣式來顯示——目錄、圖表、座標圖、圖解——還有口頭的表達。
    Beyond checking the report for clarity and accuracy in the presentation of technical data, the author of a research report should review for basic grammatical and mechanical accuracy. Short sentences are preferable to long in the presentation of complex information. Listings should be used to break up long passages of prose and to emphasize information. The research writer should try to use the simplest possible language without sacrificing the professional quality of the report. Although specialized terms can be used, pretentious jargon should be avoided. A finished research report should be a readable and useful document prepared with the reader in mind.
    為了清楚和準確除檢查報告中陳述的技術(shù)資料外,一份研究報告的作者應(yīng)該為了基本語法和習慣性準確再檢查一遍。在復(fù)雜信息的表述中短句子比起長句子更可取。列出次序的方式應(yīng)該得以使用,來打散文章中的長段并強調(diào)信息。研究報告的作者應(yīng)該試圖使用盡可能簡單的語言同時又不犧牲報告的專業(yè)性質(zhì)。雖然專業(yè)術(shù)語可以被使用,自抬身價的行話應(yīng)該被避免。一份完工的研究報告應(yīng)該是一份為心目中的讀者準備的有可讀性并且有用的文件。
    CONCLUSION
    Although we struggle with research reports in high school, dread them in college, and are often burdened by them in our professional lives,learning to live comfortably with them is a relatively easy task. A positive attitude (i.e., one that sees the oral or written presentation of research results as of equal importance to the data-gathering process); an orderly approach which includes prewriting (i.e., before any actual research is done, the researcher should try to get down on paper as much about the subject under investigation as possible) and a formal research report structure as the framework for the investigation; and a reasonable approach to the actual writing process including editing for accuracy and clarity, will help one to produce effective research reports efficiently.
    結(jié)論
    雖然我們在高等學校里為研究報告而苦惱,在大學里害怕它們,并且在我們的專業(yè)生涯里經(jīng)常背著這個負擔,但學會與它們一起舒服地生活是一件相對容易的事情。一個確定的判斷(例如,對于收集資料的過程同樣重要的研究結(jié)果的書面或口頭的表達),一種包括打草稿在內(nèi)的有次序的方式(例如,在任何實際研究進行之前,研究者應(yīng)該試圖在紙上寫下關(guān)于這個項目在調(diào)查下盡可能多的信息)和一個正式的研究報告結(jié)構(gòu)作為為了這項調(diào)查的框架,以及為了準確和清晰對于包括編輯在內(nèi)的實際寫作過程一個合理的方式,將幫助作者有效地產(chǎn)生出有影響的研究報告?!?BR>