After 20+ years of translation, I'm still learning how to tell my story —
clearly, simply, and in my own voice.
"Every message deserves to be understood."
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This space is where I grow — in language, in work, and in life.
If Apple was based in Hong Kong rather than in Cupertino...
Hsu Hung-chi or Xu Hongji (#simplifiedChinese: 许鸿基; #traditionalChinese: 許鴻基; #pinyin: Xǔ Hóngjī) (1934–1984) was a Taiwanese #martialArtist who specialized in the #Neijia of #xingyiquan, #baguazhang and #taijiquan. Hsu was born in Taihoku, #TaihokuPrefecture, in 1934 to a family of six brothers. In school, he was very athletic and participated in swimming, soccer and #judo. He began his study of #ShaolinKungFu with his father at an early age. He also learned boxing.
The Geopolitics of Chinese-Language Education.
🔗 https://globalchinapulse.net/two-chinas-and-two-chinese-languages-in-northern-thailand/
The Chinese High School (#simplifiedChinese: 华仁中学; #traditionalChinese: 華仁中學) was founded in 1940, located in #BatuPahat, #Johor, #Malaysia, with 2850 students as of January 2011. It was formerly known as the Overseas Chinese School (simplified Chinese: 华侨中学; traditional Chinese: 華僑中學).
Dongmen (#simplifiedChinese: 东门镇; #traditionalChinese: 東門鎮; #pinyin: Dōngmén Zhèn; zhuang: Dunghmonz Cin) is a town under the administration of #FusuiCounty in southern #GuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion, #China. As of 2011, it had an area of 378.2 square kilometres (146.0 sq mi) populated by 44,000 people residing in 1 residential communities (社区) and 15 villages.
Leaving you with this really rad #cultural transitions video before I start my work day:
The 100 transition challenge with Chinese culture
21 outfits
24 hours of preparation
42 hours of filming
12 hours of editing
All comes down to just 2 mins
Song : Shan He Tu by Phoenix Legend
Lyrics: Dong Baoshi
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bU5epDsoIDA
#AsianMastodon #Chinese #Asian #CulturalClothes #TraditionalChinese #EthnicPride #ChineseEthnicities #ChineseTribes #AsianCulture #CulturalDiversity #TraditionalOutfits #CulturalFashion #POCfashion #StraightOuttaChina #ChineseFashions #FarEastFashion #CulturalChic #TootSEA
I'm working through our permanent collection. We have a painting of two running horses with a caption in traditional Chinese. The online tools aren't being helpful in the translation. I need human help.
If you can read this and provide incite into what it says, please reply.
what on earth is going on in this sentence? i might try to work this out for myself later, just thinking aloud for now…
"Hong Wei Xian, a/k/a "Harry Zan," 32, and Li Li, a/k/a "Lea Li," 33, both from the People's Republic of China (PRC)" from https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/2-chinese-nationals-charged-illegally-attempting-export-military-satellite-components
"a/k/a" is bizarre, but not very interesting, the names are more interesting.
I would guess that the first names listed are the standard transcriptions of their names in #Pinyin from Simplified Chinese?
But why is it different in their English names?
Harry and Lea make sense, the closest common English name … but Zan is weird?
#Taiwan uses a different system to Pinyin … but would the USA refer to them as being from the PRC? and if they were a Taiwanese spy working for the PRC to steel microchip making secrets, they'd be in Taiwan?
Maybe Hong Kong or Macau ?
Maybe judder easier to spell for Americans? but then a Pinyin X would be an S or Sh if you wrote it more phonetically?
Maybe a spy alias that's not even supposed to be the same name?
cc other mes @kirt@mastodon.social @Kirt@lingo.lol
#USA #PRC #HongKong #Macau #ChineseLanguages #ChineseNames #SimplifiedChinese #TraditionalChinese #Mandarin #Cantonese #HongWeiXian #XianHongWei #HarryZan #LiLi #LeaLi
Anybody experienced in using #LaTeX or #TeX with #traditional #Chinese characters? I could use #ctexart and the #ctex package but it only seems to support #simplified characters. What I mean by this is not only being able to type #TraditionalChinese but also the article itself (section, table of contents...) should be in #traditionalCharacters, not simplified. #繁體字 #簡體字 #followerpower #boost #TeXLaTeX
Some signs and more in both English and Chinese in the Hong Kong International Airport tonight. #chinese #cantonese #traditionalchinese #bilingual #signs #airports #hongkong
