a steep learning curve 陡峭的学习曲线? - ProZ.com

steep learning curve就是“陡峭的学习曲线”，意思是“很快学到某种知识”。

我在翻译此文时，也曾斟酌再三，甚至为了更忠实于原文，也译过“陡峭的学习曲线”， ... Thissiteusescookies. Someofthesecookiesareessentialtotheoperationofthesite, whileothershelptoimproveyourexperiencebyprovidinginsightsintohowthesiteisbeingused. Formoreinformation,pleaseseetheProZ.comprivacypolicy. 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GLOSSARYENTRY(DERIVEDFROMQUESTIONBELOW)Englishtermorphrase:asteeplearningcurve陡峭的学习曲线?Chinesetranslation:雇员们面临着艰巨的学习任务Enteredby:JingjingYu(X)08:49Apr18,2006EnglishtoChinesetranslations[PRO]Tech/Engineering-Computers:SoftwareEnglishtermorphrase:asteeplearningcurve陡峭的学习曲线?Whentheprojectiscomplete,thecompanyitselfbecomesresponsibleformaintenanceandupdates,andemployeesusuallyfaceasteeplearningcurve.RitchestKudoZactivityQuestions:179(12open)(13withoutvalidanswers)(1closedwithoutgrading)Answers:1582Localtime:18:05雇员们面临着艰巨的学习任务Explanation:Manypeoplerefertothingsthataredifficulttolearnashavinga"steeplearningcurve.--------------------------------------------------Noteaddedat1hr(2006-04-1809:54:11GMT)--------------------------------------------------Itisaclichétodaytorefertoa“steeplearningcurve”toindicatethatsomethingisdifficulttolearn.Inpractice,acurveoftheamountlearnedagainstthenumberoftrials(inexperiments)orovertime(inreality)isjusttheopposite:ifsomethingisdifficult,thelinerisesslowlyorshallowly.Sothesteepcurvereferstothedemandsofthetaskratherthanadescriptionoftheprocess.http://www.dmu.ac.uk/~jamesa/learning/lerncrv.htm--------------------------------------------------Noteaddedat8days(2006-04-2702:40:38GMT)--------------------------------------------------这个短语被大家惯用做difficulttolearn的意义，是由于很多人都有望文生义的习惯，以致以讹传讹，使这个短语失去了其真意（即我引用的网站中的专家对此短语的正解），中文中这样被大家广泛误用的例子也不少，如“首当其冲”之类。

在这样的情况中，我认为翻译时应当根据context来分析作者本意，虽然大家的惯用意义与原意有所差别，可翻译者也之能将错就错了。

这是一篇一般性文章，作者不太可能是教育学家，没有上下文，我也只好假设这个作者是使用这个cliche并难逃讹传之网的大多数人了。

Selectedresponsefrom:JingjingYu(X)UnitedStatesLocaltime:06:05GradingcommentSelectedautomaticallybasedonpeeragreement.4KudoZpointswereawardedforthisanswerSummaryofanswersprovided5+6雇员们面临着艰巨的学习任务JingjingYu(X)4+4在较短时间内掌握相关知识MarkXiang4+3很快学到某种知识FanGao5+1直线上升的学习曲线/学习曲线直线上升ClarkAn4+1在短期之内吸收(or学习)大量的资料(or智识)PhilipTangDiscussionentries:0Automaticupdatein00:    Answers22mins confidence:peeragreement(net):+3很快学到某种知识Explanation:learningcurve这个短语是工具书上有据可查的专业术语，意思很明确，就是“学习曲线”。

steeplearningcurve就是“陡峭的学习曲线”，意思是“很快学到某种知识”。

我在翻译此文时，也曾斟酌再三，甚至为了更忠实于原文，也译过“陡峭的学习曲线”，但是这种译法，非专业人士不大容易看懂，而文章恰恰是写给非专业人士的一般读者，因此不如译成“人们总是能够迅速学会应对的方法”为好。

有位译者译成“总会使我们的认识出现飞跃”，也很好。

由此可见，所谓“忠实”要以读者看懂为前提，牺牲读者利益的“宁信而不顺”，就失去了翻译的意义和价值。

    Reference:http://www.readfree.net/html/200504/58632.htmlFanGaoAustraliaLocaltime:20:05WorksinfieldNativespeakerof:ChinesePeercommentsonthisanswer(andresponsesfromtheanswerer)agree JustinLai22minsagree NaikeiWong:needtolearnsomethingveryquickly(v.littletimeallowed)1hragree RayLuo9hrsLogintoenterapeercomment(orgrade)41mins confidence:peeragreement(net):+4steeplearningcurve在较短时间内掌握相关知识Explanation:挑戰——一切重新學習「以前有很多前線行動的經驗，但對於領導警區卻沒有經驗。

總警區以下有四至五個警區，所涉及的層面相當大，所以那段時間是很困難的日子，一切都要重新學習，幸好各個警區都很支援，我也經過了一條steeplearningcurve。

」http://hkss.hk/jobfile_top10_1.htmMarkXiangLocaltime:18:05Nativespeakerof:ChinesePROptsincategory:76Peercommentsonthisanswer(andresponsesfromtheanswerer)agree JustinLai3minsagree NaikeiWong:needtolearnsomethingveryquickly(v.littletimeallowed)1hragree XuDongjun3hrsagree tracyRainbow:Agree,needtolearnquickly3days5hrsLogintoenterapeercomment(orgrade)19hrs confidence:peeragreement(net):+1在短期之内吸收(or学习)大量的资料(or智识)Explanation:Aslopeonatwodimensionaldiagramrepresents2parameters,inthiscase,TIMEandKNOWLEDGE.A“steeplearningcurve”shouldmeanBOTH"shortperiodoftime"and"hugeamountofknowledge"!(assumingX-axis=TIME;Y-axis=KNOWLEDGE).在短期之内吸收(or学习)大量的资料(or智识)PhilipTangChinaLocaltime:18:05Nativespeakerof:English,ChinesePROptsincategory:31Peercommentsonthisanswer(andresponsesfromtheanswerer)agree JustinLai8hrs  -> Thankyou,Tony!Logintoenterapeercomment(orgrade)2days21hrs confidence:peeragreement(net):+1直线上升的学习曲线/学习曲线直线上升Explanation:"steep"hereactuallymeans"asoar".随着项目的结束，公司开始着手进行人员的维护和更新。

于是员工通常会直线提升自己的学习曲线（以保证不被裁掉）maintenance:维护isaterminHR.It'sverycommonthatforlowercostsacomp.oftenfiressomeoneafteraproject.Sothereasonforstudyisnot"maintenance"butmaybegettingfiredandemployeesaremorecareabouttheword"updates"(人员更新).ClarkAnLocaltime:18:05Nativespeakerof:ChinesePeercommentsonthisanswer(andresponsesfromtheanswerer)agree IC--9days  -> Tks!Logintoenterapeercomment(orgrade)58mins confidence:peeragreement(net):+6雇员们面临着艰巨的学习任务Explanation:Manypeoplerefertothingsthataredifficulttolearnashavinga"steeplearningcurve.--------------------------------------------------Noteaddedat1hr(2006-04-1809:54:11GMT)--------------------------------------------------Itisaclichétodaytorefertoa“steeplearningcurve”toindicatethatsomethingisdifficulttolearn.Inpractice,acurveoftheamountlearnedagainstthenumberoftrials(inexperiments)orovertime(inreality)isjusttheopposite:ifsomethingisdifficult,thelinerisesslowlyorshallowly.Sothesteepcurvereferstothedemandsofthetaskratherthanadescriptionoftheprocess.http://www.dmu.ac.uk/~jamesa/learning/lerncrv.htm--------------------------------------------------Noteaddedat8days(2006-04-2702:40:38GMT)--------------------------------------------------这个短语被大家惯用做difficulttolearn的意义，是由于很多人都有望文生义的习惯，以致以讹传讹，使这个短语失去了其真意（即我引用的网站中的专家对此短语的正解），中文中这样被大家广泛误用的例子也不少，如“首当其冲”之类。

在这样的情况中，我认为翻译时应当根据context来分析作者本意，虽然大家的惯用意义与原意有所差别，可翻译者也之能将错就错了。

这是一篇一般性文章，作者不太可能是教育学家，没有上下文，我也只好假设这个作者是使用这个cliche并难逃讹传之网的大多数人了。

JingjingYu(X)UnitedStatesLocaltime:06:05Nativespeakerof:Chinese,EnglishPROptsincategory:8GradingcommentSelectedautomaticallybasedonpeeragreement.Peercommentsonthisanswer(andresponsesfromtheanswerer)agree DanbingHE47mins  -> thanksagree DanielXie:It'sthecase.1hr  -> thanksagree XiangdongZhuo2hrs  -> thanksagree Wilman2hrs  -> thanksagree NaikeiWong:http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/lerncrv.htm2hrs  -> thanksagree XiaopingFu15hrs  -> thanksagree JustinLai1day2hrs  -> thanksdisagree MarkXiang:"ifsomethingisdifficult,thelinerisesslowlyorshallowly.Sothesteepcurvereferstothedemandsofthetaskratherthanadescriptionoftheprocess."Readthiscarefully,yourquotehasvetoedyourrendering.7days  -> 这个短语被大家惯用做difficulttolearn的意义，是由于很多人都有望文生义的习惯，以致以讹传讹，使这个短语失去了其真意（即我引用的网站中的专家对此短语的正解），中文中这样被大家广泛Logintoenterapeercomment(orgrade) Loginorregister(freeandonlytakesafewminutes)toparticipateinthisquestion. Youwillalsohaveaccesstomanyothertoolsandopportunitiesdesignedforthosewhohavelanguage-relatedjobs (orarepassionateaboutthem).Participationisfreeandthesitehasastrictconfidentialitypolicy. ReturntoKudoZlist KudoZ™translationhelp TheKudoZnetworkprovidesaframeworkfortranslatorsandotherstoassisteachotherwithtranslationsorexplanationsoftermsandshortphrases. Overview Latesttranslationquestions Askatranslationquestion Seealso:ProZ.comtermsearchSearchmillionsoftermtranslations Youhavenativelanguagesthatcanbeverified Youcanrequestverificationfornativelanguagesbycompletingasimpleapplicationthattakesonlyacoupleofminutes. Reviewnativelanguageverificationapplicationssubmittedbyyourpeers.Reviewingapplicationscanbefunandonlytakesafewminutes. Viewapplications Closeanddon'tshowagain Close Yourcurrentlocalizationsetting English Selectalanguage Chinese汉语 Deutsch Español Français Italiano Magyar Nederlands Polski Português(Br) Română čeština русский عربي 日本語 Morelanguages... Keyboardshortcutlist Keyboardshortcutswillopenthedesiredpageinanewtab. ProZ.comHomepage p h KudoZHelpNetworksection Termsearch p s Answerquestions p k Askaquestion p q Jobpostings Browsejobs p j Postajob p o Mypostedjobs p m Myquotes p t Directories ProZFind p f Translationcompanies p c BlueBoard p b Community Forum p g PostaWiwo p w ProZ.comTools ProZ*Pay p $ Invoicing p i Profile Myprofile p e Editmyprofile p y Accessibilitysettings p a ProZ.comHelpcenter Support p l FAQ p x Submitasupportrequest p u General Keyboardshortcutlist p 1 Closesearch Termsearch Jobs Translators Clients Forums Termsearch AllofProZ.com Termsearch Jobs Forums Multiplesearch Users Articles Clients Forums Glossary GlossPost FAQ