| Re: i want to make friends. [message #292453] |
Mi, 28 Juni 2006 19:38 |
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On 28/06/2006 17:25, Marian wrote:
> zhangzhan wrote:
>> hello.everyone,i am an chinese.i study in shanxi unniversity,as i
>> like english very much,i also wanr to make friends with a foriger.
>> .....i really don't kown what i should to say ,as i first came
>> here,if i have make some mistakes ,please excuse me. i like english
>> ,but i more like my friends,so i hope there are some person want to
>> make friends with me,if you want to email me,please sent emails to
>> zhangzhan00 [at] gmail.com.
>
> 可以。
> 请告诉我，你为什么用这里找个外国朋友？
> 我在中国没看国喜欢Pratchett的中国人。
I see you are still in China learning Chinese and looking for
Pratchett friends :-)
Hope all is going well over there.
elfin
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| [I] Re: i want to make friends. [message #292466 ] |
Mi, 28 Juni 2006 20:57 |
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on 28/06/2006 18:38 elfin said the following:
> On 28/06/2006 17:25, Marian wrote:
<snip message in chinese characters>
> I see you are still in China learning Chinese and looking for
> Pratchett friends :-)
Learning Chinese? That looked pretty good to me. Mind you, I couldn't
understand a single word/character so it's entirely possible that it
said "Two portions of chicken fried rice with extra soy sauce and a copy
of any book by Pratchett, please".
esmi
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| Re: [I] Re: i want to make friends. [message #292570 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 03:17 |
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esmi wrote:
> on 28/06/2006 18:38 elfin said the following:
>
>> On 28/06/2006 17:25, Marian wrote:
>
>
> <snip message in chinese characters>
>
>> I see you are still in China learning Chinese and looking for
>> Pratchett friends :-)
>
>
> Learning Chinese? That looked pretty good to me. Mind you, I couldn't
> understand a single word/character so it's entirely possible that it
> said "Two portions of chicken fried rice with extra soy sauce and a copy
> of any book by Pratchett, please".
All I got was question marks :0(
And this after I friended the 'character a day' community in
Livejournal, too.
*adds 'get chinese and japanese encoding' to huge list of Things To Do
When I Have A Brain Larger Than A Lentil*
--
Supermouse
Ask not for whom the cheese rolls...
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| Re: [I] i want to make friends. [message #292606 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 07:45 |
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elfin wrote:
> On 28/06/2006 17:25, Marian wrote:
> > zhangzhan wrote:
> >> hello.everyone,i am an chinese.i study in shanxi unniversity,as i
> >> like english very much,i also wanr to make friends with a foriger.
> >> .....i really don't kown what i should to say ,as i first came
> >> here,if i have make some mistakes ,please excuse me. i like english
> >> ,but i more like my friends,so i hope there are some person want to
> >> make friends with me,if you want to email me,please sent emails to
> >> zhangzhan00 [at] gmail.com.
> >
> > =E5=8F=AF=E4=BB=A5=E3=80=82
> > =E8=AF=B7=E5=91=8A=E8=AF=89=E6=88=91=EF=BC=8C=E4=BD=A0=E4=B8 =BA=E4=BB=
=80=E4=B9=88=E7=94=A8=E8=BF=99=E9=87=8C=E6=89=BE=E4=B8=AA=E5 =A4=96=E5=9B=BD=
=E6=9C=8B=E5=8F=8B=EF=BC=9F
> > =E6=88=91=E5=9C=A8=E4=B8=AD=E5=9B=BD=E6=B2=A1=E7=9C=8B=E5=9B =BD=E5=96=
=9C=E6=AC=A2Pratchett=E7=9A=84=E4=B8=AD=E5=9B=BD=E4=BA=BA=E3 =80=82
>
>
> I see you are still in China learning Chinese and looking for
> Pratchett friends :-)
Since the message wasn't tagged (not that I remembered to add a tag) I
responded in Chinese asking the person why they come to afp looking for
foreigners to make friends with since, in China, I had never met a
Chinese person who liked reading Pratchett.
(Has Pterry been translated into Chinese?)
> Hope all is going well over there.
Pretty well... my life has gotten very simple these days. I study
Chinese and I ride my bike. Sometimes I study Chinese while riding my
bike. But I can't get enough decent (and thumpy and fast) Chinese pop
songs to fill up even a 20km training ride...so I mostly listen to
English instead.
-M
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| Re: [I] i want to make friends. [message #292627 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 10:12 |
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Marian wrote:
> elfin wrote:
>> Marian wrote:
>>> zhangzhan wrote:
>>>> hello.everyone,i am an chinese.i study in shanxi unniversity,as i
>>>> like english very much,i also wanr to make friends with a foriger.
>>>> .....i really don't kown what i should to say ,as i first came
>>>> here,if i have make some mistakes ,please excuse me. i like english
>>>> ,but i more like my friends,so i hope there are some person want to
>>>> make friends with me,if you want to email me,please sent emails to
>>>> zhangzhan00 [at] gmail.com.
>>>
>>> ???
>>> ????,??????????????
>>> ?????????Pratchett?????
>>
>> I see you are still in China learning Chinese and looking for
>> Pratchett friends :-)
>
> Since the message wasn't tagged (not that I remembered to add a tag) I
> responded in Chinese asking the person why they come to afp looking for
> foreigners to make friends with since, in China, I had never met a
> Chinese person who liked reading Pratchett.
>
> (Has Pterry been translated into Chinese?)
The individual also posted to alt.romance, comp.lang.c++ and
soc.culture.iranian. It's an eclectic mix, I must admit.
http://groups.google.com/groups/search?q=author%3Azhangzhan& amp;start=0&num=20&filter=0
Balance of probability is that there's something suspicious here.
Adrian.
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| Re: [I] i want to make friends. [message #292637 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 11:32 |
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on 29/06/2006 06:45 Marian said the following:
> (Has Pterry been translated into Chinese?)
I have no idea but I'll know a man who does. I'll ask.
esmi
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| Re: [I] i want to make friends. [message #292669 ] |
Do, 29 Juni 2006 15:02 |
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on 29/06/2006 06:45 Marian said the following:
<snip>
> (Has Pterry been translated into Chinese?)
And a very nice Mr Smythe came back almost immediately with an answer:
Amazing Maurice and Wee Free Men have been published (under different
titles, of course) in Taiwan by Global Kids Books/Commonwealth.
Science Fiction World have contracted a number of Discworld titles for
publication in mainland China but none have so far been published that
he is aware of.
--
esmi
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| Re: i want to make friends. [message #293875 ] |
Fr, 30 Juni 2006 16:24 |
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esmi wrote:
> on 29/06/2006 06:45 Marian said the following:
> <snip>
> > (Has Pterry been translated into Chinese?)
>
> And a very nice Mr Smythe came back almost immediately with an answer:
>
> Amazing Maurice and Wee Free Men have been published (under different
> titles, of course) in Taiwan by Global Kids Books/Commonwealth.
>
> Science Fiction World have contracted a number of Discworld titles for
> publication in mainland China but none have so far been published that
> he is aware of.
I'd volunteer to help with the task but I'm not up to fluent English to
Chinese translation (yet).
-M
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| Re: i want to make friends. [message #293934 ] |
Fr, 30 Juni 2006 22:51 |
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On 30/06/2006 15:24, Marian wrote:
> esmi wrote:
>> on 29/06/2006 06:45 Marian said the following: <snip>
>>> (Has Pterry been translated into Chinese?)
>> And a very nice Mr Smythe came back almost immediately with an
>> answer:
>>
>> Amazing Maurice and Wee Free Men have been published (under
>> different titles, of course) in Taiwan by Global Kids
>> Books/Commonwealth.
>>
>> Science Fiction World have contracted a number of Discworld
>> titles for publication in mainland China but none have so far
>> been published that he is aware of.
>
> I'd volunteer to help with the task but I'm not up to fluent
> English to Chinese translation (yet).
well you start with the two short stories on L-Space web and work your
way sideways from there.
elfin
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| Re: i want to make friends. [message #293941 ] |
Fr, 30 Juni 2006 23:50 |
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on 30/06/2006 15:24 Marian said the following:
> esmi wrote:
>> Science Fiction World have contracted a number of Discworld titles for
>> publication in mainland China but none have so far been published that
>> he is aware of.
> I'd volunteer to help with the task but I'm not up to fluent English to
> Chinese translation (yet).
You might want to see just how good the current translators are then.
:-) I've just heard that The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic
will be published in August by Science Fiction World Magazine in
mainland China.
--
esmi
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| Re: [I] i want to make friends. [message #294008 ] |
Sa, 01 Juli 2006 10:02 |
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esmi wrote:
> on 30/06/2006 15:24 Marian said the following:
> > esmi wrote:
>
> >> Science Fiction World have contracted a number of Discworld titles for
> >> publication in mainland China but none have so far been published that
> >> he is aware of.
>
> > I'd volunteer to help with the task but I'm not up to fluent English to
> > Chinese translation (yet).
>
> You might want to see just how good the current translators are then.
> :-) I've just heard that The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic
> will be published in August by Science Fiction World Magazine in
> mainland China.
Hmm, now that's an idea. I've got approximately 1600-1700 zi so I'm on
par with your average well educated Chinese 12 year old. I can read
the tabloids and don't have any big problem in chatrooms (other than
speed) but the real newspaper is still mostly beyond my comprehension.
I've been meaning to get my hands on a Chinese copy of Harry Potter
since it's basically geared at my (current) level and apparently
Rowling's funny names like Kreacher have been well translated with
extra levels of punnery that other Chinese language students have told
me are fun to explore.
Word play is an art form over here.
-M
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