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Posting assistance needed!

POSTED BY: SHINYTRINKET
UPDATED: Friday, September 8, 2006 04:21
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Thursday, September 7, 2006 3:48 AM

I am in the process of posting my first fan fic a chapter at a time. I know I read somewhere awhile ago that there is a way you can post the Chinese so you can mouse-over and read the translation, but I can't find the old thread. Can anyone assist me with this?

Oh, and any and all comments on the fic would be greatly appreciated - I haven't written anything in a long time and I want as much feedback as possible.

Thanks all!

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Thursday, September 7, 2006 3:54 AM

JONNYQUEST

"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?"

YAY!!! I don't know the answer to your question but I'm thrilled that the fanfic is on its way! Maybe it'll inspire me to get beyond my own intro...

"Well, here I am."

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Thursday, September 7, 2006 4:04 AM

PHOENIXROSE

You think you know--what's to come, what you are. You haven't even begun.

Can that be done here? I've seen it in a few places, but never the Blue Sun Room. That would be really shiny if anyone knows how to do it!

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. - Gautama Siddharta

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Thursday, September 7, 2006 4:19 AM

JONNYQUEST

"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?"

Found at least one post on the subject:

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=20936

EmmaRigby asks and LaughingMuse answers.

Quote:
Originally posted by EmmaRigby:
I have a question for you guys. How do you feel about the translations of the Chinese texts? I've had someone comment that it's distracting having to scroll down to the bottom to see what a Chinese exclamation means, which I can understand. On the other hand, having a translation in brackets in the middle of a conversation seems to me to break up the flow of a story. Is there an answer?

I know that normally this would be a very small stylistic point but in Firefly it becomes more of a major issue!

Quote:
Originally posted by LaughingMuse:
I don't know that there's a good compromise for that. Putting the translations at the top still means that people have to scroll.

There's the HTML abbr tag, which would let people see the translation by rolling their mouse over the word or phrase in question; but 1) not all authors will know how to use that; and 2) I don't know if people can use HTML formatting when submitting Blue Sun items.

But we want more....

(found using http://www.fireflylabs.ca/misc/fffsearch.html )

"Well, here I am."

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Thursday, September 7, 2006 4:29 AM

MAL4PREZ

Here it is:
húndàn

Edit: Oops, I have to put an error in it to make the formatting show. (Put you mouse over the hundan above though - it works!)

Replace the { with < and } with > in the following:

{span title="bastard"}húndàn{/span}

Dong ma?

It doesn't work on all browsers, though. Or so I hear!

You can use html formatting, although not everything works. I've used it to right justify and to make indented paragraphs, but it takes a few tests before I get it right!

Good luck!

Edit again: PR - if you haven't seen it in the BSR, you haven't read my fics!

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Thursday, September 7, 2006 5:29 AM

MAL4PREZ

Oops, accidentally replied to myself. It's a special talent I have.

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Thursday, September 7, 2006 12:44 PM

SHINYTRINKET

Thanks for the responses to this. I will see how this works the first time I post with the chinese!

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2. Never waste an erection
3. Never trust a fart

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Thursday, September 7, 2006 12:50 PM

SHINYTRINKET

Quote:
Originally posted by JonnyQuest:
YAY!!! I don't know the answer to your question but I'm thrilled that the fanfic is on its way! Maybe it'll inspire me to get beyond my own intro...

Thanks for the enthusiasm about my fic! And thanks for the help with the question.

I read your profile and see you're a Michigan person too--would I have met you at the Ann Arbor Shindig in August and not be putting a face with your screen name?

Sorry if I met you and don't remember, my head is like a sieve these days...senior moments, you know (I too am 46)!

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2. Never waste an erection
3. Never trust a fart

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Thursday, September 7, 2006 1:47 PM

JONNYQUEST

"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?"

I was the Mal wannabee, who sat right next to you toward the end of the evening, after JaeWalker left (before which I was sitting next to her). My real moniker is Pete. I have one of those completely forgettable faces you've heard tell about.

"Well, here I am."

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Thursday, September 7, 2006 4:31 PM

SHINYTRINKET

Quote:
Originally posted by JonnyQuest:
I was the Mal wannabee, who sat right next to you toward the end of the evening, after JaeWalker left (before which I was sitting next to her). My real moniker is Pete. I have one of those completely forgettable faces you've heard tell about.

Aha! So we did meet. Yes, I remember your real name was Pete, but I didn't make the connection with your screen name here.

For the next one, I think we need name badges with our real names and screen monikers on them so we can put it together!

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2. Never waste an erection
3. Never trust a fart

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Friday, September 8, 2006 2:52 AM

JONNYQUEST

"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?"

O'course, somes of us has more'n one screen name to their credit, eh, CatLady...(ever dress like Halle Berry...? Um, never mind. I bet you could. But never mind.)

Anyway, I started to read your story, but it was getting late, so I'm hoping to continue today. Liking so far, can hardly wait to see where you're going. You say there's sex? >>gasp!<<

"Well, here I am."

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Friday, September 8, 2006 3:09 AM

SHINYTRINKET

Quote:
Originally posted by JonnyQuest:
You say there's sex? >>gasp!<<

Just a smidge--R rated at best. I leave the real descriptive stuff to others who can do it MUCH better than I ever could!

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2. Never waste an erection
3. Never trust a fart

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Friday, September 8, 2006 4:21 AM

JONNYQUEST

"Did he just go crazy and fall asleep?"

Don't think I've ever "smigded" with anyone. I'm all a-quiver with anticipation. And as none of us would want to become smut peddlers, "R" is a much better approach than "NC17" or worse. Because then we're shifting into a different genre altogether and for that there is a very special level of the internet. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.

"Well, here I am."

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