Chinese in the Serenity comics

POSTED BY: STEVEthePIRATE
UPDATED: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 01:25
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STEVETHEPIRATE

Friday, July 15, 2005 2:51 PM

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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HONORBOUND

Friday, July 15, 2005 4:27 PM

I second the request for translations!!!

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

FFYING2

Friday, July 15, 2005 9:25 PM

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

SHINY

Friday, July 15, 2005 10:07 PM

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.

FFYING2

Saturday, July 16, 2005 2:13 AM

Xiexie, Shiny.

Quote:
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

MER

Monday, July 18, 2005 3:57 AM

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

MER

Monday, July 18, 2005 3:57 AM

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

BROWNCOAT1

Monday, July 18, 2005 5:52 PM

Shiny FFying. Thanks!

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DEBBIEBUK

Monday, July 18, 2005 9:41 PM

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.

FFYING2

Tuesday, July 19, 2005 1:25 AM

Quote:
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