I’m such a Linguaphile. I think I’d really like having a job where all I did was learn new languages 8 hours a day. I love the thought of being able to communicate with anybody I want to, no matter where I happen to be. Of course, that’s not something I can [...]
I’m a big fan of SciFi. And I’m a big fan of Chinese. So logically, I’ve always wondered about Chinese SciFi, how much of it existed, what it was like, etc…but I’ve never really taken the time to look anything up about it for whatever reason. Thanks to this post [...]
NOTE (3/4/2009): I’m glad these instructions have been so helpful to so many people. Unfortunately, I’m way too busy now to be able to work on helping people troubleshoot why these methods don’t work for their Blackberry. So if you read this article and have any questions or problems, please click the [...]
Chinesepera-kun in action
I’m really excited about this Firefox extension! Up until this afternoon, if I ran across a Chinese character that I didn’t know, I would have to copy it and paste it into Adsotrans.com or Babelfish to see what it meant. It can be really cumbersome, having so [...]
Here’s another Chinese idiom with an interesting story. The idiomatic English translation of 自相矛盾 (zì xiāng máo dùn) is “contradicting oneself”. The story behind it goes like this:
In ancient times, there was a sword and shield salesman who would yell out to people passing by, “My spears are the sharpest in the world [...]
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