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Different Characters, Same Meaning?

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Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:35 AM

EFIALTIS


I noticed that there are 2 different sets of characters for "Serenity" and for "Blue Sun"...
The first set of characters for Serenity are the ones on the Shield on the side of the ship, the second set only differ on the first character...
Instead of "ning jing", it is "ping jing"...
The same for Blue Sun, the one we see most is "lan ri" and the other is "qing ri"...

Does anyone have any input on why there are these differences, and what they actually "mean", what idea they are trying to give?

Any thoughts appreciated.

--E

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Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:56 AM

DAVESHAYNE


Quote:

Originally posted by Efialtis:
I noticed that there are 2 different sets of characters for "Serenity" and for "Blue Sun"...
The first set of characters for Serenity are the ones on the Shield on the side of the ship, the second set only differ on the first character...
Instead of "ning jing", it is "ping jing"...
The same for Blue Sun, the one we see most is "lan ri" and the other is "qing ri"...

Does anyone have any input on why there are these differences, and what they actually "mean", what idea they are trying to give?

Any thoughts appreciated.



From Finding Serenity page 203, 'The Chinese translator for the series changed the art department's choice after she saw Jayne's T-shirt design and "ran it by a few people, who agreed with {her} that even though quin1se4 is blue, you wouldn't use that particular word for 'blue' to modify the word 'sun.'"' No clue regarding Serenity though.

David

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Friday, April 14, 2006 12:28 AM

ELIANG


Hi!

Basically those characters are similar. The biggest difference is how poetic they are.

"ping jing" - less poetic. "ping" means flat. You can use "ping jing" to describe that a person's mood is quiet and clam.

"ning jing" - sounds more poetic. Imagine there's one night that is quiet and peaceful. There are some little sounds of the wind, the river, or the crickets. Then you can say, "what a ning jing night!"

"qing ri" - "qing" is a traditional or ancient alternative for "lan". More poetic.

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Friday, April 14, 2006 3:11 PM

EFIALTIS


Fantastic!
Thank you!

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