Chinese in the Serenity comics by STEVEthePIRATE

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Chinese in the Serenity comics

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UPDATED: Monday, July 18, 2005 15:25
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Friday, July 15, 2005 4:51 AM

Anybody working on translating the Chinese in the Serenity comics yet? I wasn't totally expecting to see actual Mandarin (I'm assuming it's Mandarin) characters, rather some sort of phoenetic spelling, but it's still pretty cool.

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Friday, July 15, 2005 6:27 AM

HONORBOUND

I second the request for translations!!!

A kind word turneth away wrath, but not as well as superior firepower

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Friday, July 15, 2005 11:25 AM

FFYING2

Here's my attempt, but I'm no Mandarin scholar:

http://fireflychinese.home.att.net/comics1.html

Ying

Firefly Funsite http://fireflyfunsite.home.att.net
Firefly-Serenity Chinese Pinyinary http://fireflychinese.home.att.net

Browncoats.com http://www.browncoats.com

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Friday, July 15, 2005 12:07 PM

SHINY

Nice job as always, Ying!

NOTE TO THE READER: be careful not to confuse the 'yi1 da4 tuo2 da4bian4' of Jayne's curse with the 'da4 bian4hua4' that Young Simon happily exclaims when his Dad buys him a dedicated source box. ;)

Jayne, your mouth is talkin. Might want to look into that.

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Friday, July 15, 2005 4:13 PM

FFYING2

Xiexie, Shiny.

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Originally posted by Shiny:
NOTE TO THE READER: be careful not to confuse the 'yi1 da4 tuo2 da4bian4' of Jayne's curse with the 'da4 bian4hua4' that Young Simon happily exclaims when his Dad buys him a dedicated source box. ;)

Good point. I remember LuchaNan clarifying that back in the day.

Ying

Firefly Funsite http://fireflyfunsite.home.att.net
Firefly-Serenity Chinese Pinyinary http://fireflychinese.home.att.net

Browncoats.com http://www.browncoats.com

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Sunday, July 17, 2005 5:57 PM

MER

Wow! Thanks! I was wondering about these. Next issue I'll be sure to check that site again for translations.

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Sunday, July 17, 2005 5:57 PM

MER

Wow! Thanks! I was wondering about these. Next issue I'll be sure to check that site again for translations.

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Monday, July 18, 2005 7:52 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

Shiny FFying. Thanks!

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Monday, July 18, 2005 11:41 AM

DEBBIEBUK

I love the Chinese script, wasn't expecting to see it either. At least we (well those who can actually read Chinese) will know what people are meant to be saying, and the translations for the rest of us are very much appreciated.

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Monday, July 18, 2005 3:25 PM

FFYING2

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Originally posted by MER:
Wow! Thanks! I was wondering about these. Next issue I'll be sure to check that site again for translations.

You're welcome (all). Next time they'll be up faster because I'll just go right to the comics store for the issue instead of expecting Things From Another World to send it to me (still waiting for #1 to even ship). Plus, I won't have the reformatting of my site to do.

Ying

Firefly Funsite http://fireflyfunsite.home.att.net
Firefly-Serenity Chinese Pinyinary http://fireflychinese.home.att.net

Browncoats.com http://www.browncoats.com

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