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AzBrowncoat

Upon learning Chinese
Wednesday, May 31, 2006

I borrowed The Joy Luck Club from my local library. Having read the book, I greatly enjoyed the movie. However, I did find myself correcting some of the Chinese translations used throughout the movie. I am hoping that due to the language their are many various translations and that some are used for various purposes, but none the less I found it quite amusing that I would "correct" the subtitles.

The gorram movement has seriously gone to my head...and I love it.

COMMENTS

Wednesday, May 31, 2006 2:31 PM

SASSALICIOUS


If Chinese is at all like Vietnamese, the meaning changes depending on the context and other words that are around. And there are multiple mutually unintelligible dialects of Chinese--that could have had something to do with it. Ultimately though, there are some words that just can't be translated very well because people in English speaking land don't have a concept of what it is.

I hate when I start to ramble.


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