楚天舒
2008-10-20 11:11:15
關於譯名
fiction != novel
低速小說的譯名根本就是錯誤的
From M-W
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fic·tion
\ˈfik-shən\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English ficcioun, from Middle French fiction, from Latin fiction-, fictio act of fashioning, fiction, from fingere to shape, fashion, feign — more at dough
Date:
14th century
1 a: something invented by the imagination or feigned ; specifically : an invented story
b: fictitious literature (as novels or short stories) c: a work of fiction ; especially : novel
2 a: an assumption of a possibility as a fact irrespective of the question of its truth
b: a useful illusion or pretense
3: the action of feigning or of creating with the imagination