Example:

【Original version】Chemistry also has a small but vibrant blogging community, and
sometimes a thoughtful post highlighting a recent paper will start me on one of my
literature dives.
【Paraphrased version】I seek inspiration from blogs written by some chemists and
read up on the topics that interest me.

1. My biggest fear is the one that got away, the important discovery that I missed
because I couldn’t see it for what it was.

I am so afraid of missing important discovery for I couldn’t see its value.

2. By my fourth year, my desperation to succeed overshadowed my desire for

independence.

By my fourth year, I wanted success so much that my desire for independence was
ignored.

3. If you are in a bad place, taking stock is an essential step toward getting back
on course.

To get things back on track, one should conduct a self-evaluation first.

4. Once the pitch makes sense, we go back and forth stacking the Russian dolls
on the whiteboard until the outline subheadings become paragraph topics, with
every paragraph explicitly represented in the outline.

We extend outline subheadings into paragraph topics on the whiteboard.

5. I remember rarely having any such thinking time when I started out as a
professor, but now I find that my daily keystrokes can lead to new ideas.

Now I realize that deep thinking helps me to find new ideas but I didn’t have many
opportunities for such thinking when I just became a professor.

6. Failing to record the version of any piece of software or hardware, overlooking

a single parameter, or glossing over a restriction on how to use another
researcher’s code can lead you astray.
There are so many ways to go wrong. Like unproper version of software or hardware,
ignore some parameters or restrictions on code usage.

7. How often do we inadvertently discourage students from persisting in science,

simply by omitting honest descriptions of the failure inherent to the research
process?

When we omitting honest description of the failure, we’re encourage students to give
up their research.

8. It helped strike fraudulent science from the literature and clear the names of
innocent people—co-authors, grad students—whose careers were affected by the
actions of others.

Fraudulent science can be struck by it. In the meantime, it can protect innocent co-
authors and students from being affected.

9. Writing out detailed ideas and plans in the weekly updates provided a valuable
opportunity to articulate them for myself, which helped me approach my
advisers more confidently and engage in more productive discussions.

It is helpful to writing out detailed ideas and plans for me to have more confident and
productive discussions with my advisers.

10. I got a much-needed confidence boost when I could solve a problem or do a

service for someone else.

I got confidence by solving problem or doing a service for others.