chinese lingo

POSTED BY: Firefighter
UPDATED: Sunday, May 4, 2003 01:35
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FIREFIGHTER

Friday, April 25, 2003 8:41 PM

Den kommer på TV-2, men er ikke programsat endnu. Kender du da serien, siden du har forvildet dig ind på dette smalle fansite?

KAYTHRYN

Friday, April 25, 2003 8:51 PM

To who ba whaba?

Hey, I caught "smalle fansite"!

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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FIREFIGHTER

Saturday, April 26, 2003 6:34 AM

Ha, ha! Sorry for that. Admitted, that wasn't a very nice move of us.

Well, the fellow asked on which channel and when Firefly will be aired in Denmark. And I told him that it hasn't been decided yet. Furthermore, I asked him if he already knows the show since another Dane has ended up on such a "narrow fansite" (smalle fansite!), meaning a site appealing to a relatively small group of dedicated fans.

That was basically it.

RAVN

Saturday, April 26, 2003 6:48 AM

Sorry for my lack of English, I will try to make up for it.

I know about this show because it was created by Joss Whedon, who also did Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which I am a fan of. Someone linked to this thread from the Danish Buffyboard: http://www.buffyfan.dk/boards/viewtopic.php?t=1569

So basically, if it's by Joss Whedon it's good, so hurry up with the translating.

Hee hee hee, these icons are awesome

KAYTHRYN

Saturday, April 26, 2003 5:02 PM

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Posted by Firefighter:
Hi everyone,

I have a simple question concerning the Chinese inspired lingo that used frequently in the Firefly series.

I am a Danish translator who is working on the Danish subtitles for the series that will soon be aired on Danish television. Fortunately, my script is equipped with translations into English of these Chinese expressions. But I don't know whether I should translate them into Danish at all. I would like the Danish viewers to be equally "impaired", so if the lingo was translated for the American viewers, I will probably do the same. But if not, I'll just leave it be. Therefore I'd like to ask you what was done when the series was showing in the US.
Thanks a lot!

The Firefighter (DK)

Hi Firefighter,
There were never any Chinese to English subtitles on Firefly, and when I switched my television to show the captions, the Chinese remained in Chinese. Hope that helps,
Kaythryn

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle

DOCH

Sunday, May 4, 2003 1:35 AM

YEAH!! It's going to be shown here! The more countries showing this great show, the better the chances of saving Firefly.

Hey Firefighter, I hope TV2 isn't going to show the series in the same order as it was shown in the States. They really need to broadcast the pilot first.

BTW: The only reason I know about Firefly and have seen the episodes, is because I tried downloading one of them, and was hooked from the beginning. When I learned that they had cancelled the show, I was pretty devastated. I know I know, it's "just" a TV show, but it has so much spirit compared to 99% of all the other crap shown on TV.

Anyway I'm glad to hear it will be shown on TV2, and I hope it'll have lots of viewers. Even though Denmark is a small country every little bit helps

Regards
Doc from Denmark

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