本土化

English translation: indigenous

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Chinese term or phrase:	本土化
English translation:	indigenous
Entered by:	yvonnewang

13:59 Apr 8, 2010

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Art/Literary - Music

Chinese term or phrase: 本土化

某某人为一位台湾本土化作家，其作品深深表现出台湾本土独特的民情。

Due to the nature of the sentence, I do not think "localised" (or localized) would be appropriate. I have thought about "indigenised" (or indigenized) - from "indigenous", but really can't make up my mind. Any suggestions or opinions are most welcomed. Thank you.

yvonnewang KudoZ activity Questions: 1 (none open) Answers: 38 United Kingdom
Local time: 16:16

indigenous

Explanation:
BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS -BIHR: MINORITY REPRESSION ... MINORITY REPRESSION: Indigenous writer Mr. Sanjeeb Drong was attacked by a group of miscreants. A Human Right promoter, a free Lance journalist, Columnist, ...
bihr-bihr.blogspot.com/.../minority-repression-indigenous-writer.html - Cached

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生态旅游本土化问题研究Research on Indigenous Ecotourism - [ Translate this page ]by 叶文 - 2005 - Cited by 8 - Related articles
如何在接受西方生态旅游新观念的同时,又保持自己的本土特色,是值得我们认真关注的一个课题.生态价值观是人类如何看待同自然关系的一种整体意识,中西方生态价值观在历史 ...
d.wanfangdata.com.cn › 学术期刊 › 中国人口·资源与环境 › 2005年6期

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karcsy
Local time: 23:16

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Thank you very much for your help. This is most appropriate for the purpose and context of the article.
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indigenous

karcsy

3 +2

local

Kathy Huang (X)

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10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

indigenous

karcsy
Local time: 23:16
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Thank you very much for your help. This is most appropriate for the purpose and context of the article.

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

local

Explanation:
local author就可以了吧。

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Note added at 3 days21 hrs (2010-04-12 11:22:18 GMT) Post-grading
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OK. Thanks.

Kathy Huang (X)
Canada
Local time: 11:16
Native speaker of:

Chinese

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you very much for your help. 由于文章内要明显的突出其“本土化”的特性，在此Local并不足于显示或凸显其义。无论如何，还是很感谢您的建议。

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