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Meaning of 赵元任

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赵 zhào 元 yuán 任 rèn (Trad.: 趙元任)
Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist
Example Sentences
1
谈起方言
,
我不能不想起赵元任先生
。
I cannot but think of Prof.
2
第三章
,
赵元任声乐作品创作的民族风格
。
In Chapter three, the thesis discusses the national style of Zhao's vocals.
3
在现代中国学人中
,
赵元任是当之无愧的语言天才
。
Yuen-Ren Chao, the genius for languages incomparable among the Chinese scholars, when talking about the Chinese dialects.
4
当年英国哲学家罗素来华巡回讲学
,
赵元任担任翻译
。
Chao acted as interpreter when Bertrand Russell took a lecture tour of China.
5
所到之处
,
赵元任一律用当地方言进行翻译
,
一时传为佳话
。
Wherever they went, Chao, without exception, interpreted for the British philosopher in the very local dialect. And this simply became a far-spread story at the time.