Chinese translations for Safe

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UPDATED: Monday, December 6, 2004 06:14
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FLAMETREE

Saturday, January 17, 2004 4:42 AM

Hello

I have to admit to trying and failing for many years to learning mandarin. Therefore I feel not speaking manadrin topic which I am a qualified expert in.

My take is this, If manadarin( or most asian languages) where common the people would be able to pronoun the tones. I was happy to hear worse speakers than me so I can say none of characters grew up hearing mandarin at all.

However there is a way around this! In the middle ages they had vulgar latin( literal bad latin) used by people who studied bits of it but could not use it in the classical sense. This is vulgar mandarin!!

Further I notice it was mainly used to insult people or things therefore it was not used as a diplomatic language (as say french was by the middle english and hence french was incorporated into the diplomatic language.) But mainly as a low class language. Therefore the chinese must have been conquered and forced to work in laboring jobs. This would allow the introduction of swearing words into the language.

Any other thoughts?

SAINT JAYNE

Saturday, January 17, 2004 5:16 AM

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Originally posted by flametree:
In the middle ages they had vulgar latin used by people who studied bits of it but could not use it in the classical sense. This is vulgar mandarin!!

You have to give the actors leeway since they don't speak Chinese. But just looking at when they speak Chinese is enough to support your arguement.

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Therefore the chinese must have been conquered and forced to work in laboring jobs.

I can't agree with you there. If they were conquered, the Alliance flag wouldn't look like this (remove extra spaces): www3 .telus.net /vchrusch/Alliance.gif

Great thoughts!

FLAMETREE

Monday, January 19, 2004 8:51 AM

Thanks Saint Jayne,

I tried looking at the site but could not get there. I will try watching the eposides again to see if I can see a flag.

Ok assuming they where not conquered maybe the influence of Hong Kong and Chinese movies spread? How about a cultural invasion? Followed by political unification?

Xie Xie ni

JAYNEZTOWN

Sunday, August 8, 2004 4:09 PM

Folks you've got a fantastic translation going on here

IZCHAN

Monday, December 6, 2004 6:14 AM

3) Simon's dad: Yes, and you'd have access to any "tyen shiao duh" that filtered in from the cortex.

- Tien Shiao Duh ... means only heaven will know.

So the translation to common will be
Simon's Dad : Yes, and you'd have access to "heaven knows" anything that filtered in from the cortes.
(his father was joking)

4) Young Simon: Dad, this is so "dah bien hua."
- dah bien hua ... means big change

So the translation to common will be
Young Simon: Dad, this is so "COOL"!!!!

5) River: "Liou coe shway duh biao-tze huh hoe-tze duh ur-tze."
- The whole thing translates to
"You are a son of a drooling whore and monkey"
(which is quite a curse)

6) Wash: "Lao tyen boo."
Lao tyen boo - is an english literal translation of "oh lord, NO!!!!!"

12) Mal: Wash, I want you to go to town and see if you can find that "jing tzahng mei yong duh" doctor.

- jing tzahng mei yong duh ... is broken down to this
jing tzahng - "Panic Stricken"/"Cowardly"
mei yong - "Useless"
duh - is a common chinese grammer to indicate "in association with"

So the translation to common will be
Mal: Wash, I want you to go to town and see if you can find that "useless coward of a" doctor.

14) Patron: You're not a witch are you "nyen ching duh?"
nyen ching duh - means young one.

So the translation to common will be
Patron: You're not a witch are you "young one"?

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Hope this helps.

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