Chinese Executive videos from Univ. of Texas

orkelm
 June 15, 2007, 04:13 PM posted in General Discussion
First of all, excuse the shameful self promotion.  (I figure, however, since c-pod folks are used to Aric's Texas-style self promotion--gonna miss you on the Saturday Show Aric-- and since I'm at the Univ. of Texas too, ya'll might understand where we're coming from.)

Anyway, our website is used in our courses for Business Chinese, specifically on the cultural aspects of doing business.  The website has over 200 quicktime video clips of interviews from Chinese-speaking executives (both Mainland and Taiwan).  All of the video clips are transcribed (traditional, simplfied, and pinyin) and translated into English.  The cultural information is cool, but even better is the chance to hear real speech from real people saying real things in Mandarin.  Check it out.

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/orkelm/chinese/index.html

Hope you like it,
Orlando
 
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kimiik
 June 15, 2007, 05:04 PM

Dr. Kelm, Thank you for this link. Friendship is not an empty word in Texas ! :)

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calicartel
 January 10, 2010, 04:33 PM

I've been going over those clips for some time. They fill a gap in that they contain improvised speech (with repetitions, unfinished sentences, plenty of uh, eh etc.). Many non-standard accents are represented. What about setting up a group about those interviews?

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azerdocmom
 June 15, 2007, 08:09 PM

It's about time we had a "shameless self-promoter" and a quality one at that ! Thanks!

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mandafars
 June 15, 2007, 09:30 PM

Wow! Thanks!

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orkelm
 June 16, 2007, 01:05 PM

No doubt, even though I'm not from Texas originally (I was born in Calgary), just living here gives me license to practice self promotion. In this case the videos are cool, so that's why I sent them on.

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henning
 June 16, 2007, 02:30 PM

A treasure chest! Thanks a lot!

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goulnik
 June 17, 2007, 08:01 AM

this is an absolute gold mine, will keep me busy for quite some time...

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dave
 June 17, 2007, 08:20 AM

I'm having trouble playing the videos on my PC. I am using firefox and I have updated my quicktime but still get freezes.

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man2toe
 June 15, 2007, 07:47 PM

Thank you Dr. Kelm. These interviews will be interesting to listen to.

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LaoBa
 June 17, 2007, 07:20 PM

A great resource indeed. Duoxie le!

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dave
 June 18, 2007, 01:15 PM

Thanks Orkelm; I got it fixed. For some reason the videos just take an extremely long time to load up. They are still great though!

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John
 June 19, 2007, 02:57 AM

Wow, this is pretty cool! I like it.

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orkelm
 June 22, 2007, 10:41 PM

Thanks John, btw, I do like Sinosplice for the description of j, q, x, zhi, chi, shi, etc. I'm still trying to get those right.

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billybobjoebobwilly
 June 23, 2007, 02:49 PM

Hi Dave, Orkelm, I can tell you the problem with Quicktime, it's Quicktime itself.. Gosh, in all the years of working with Computers Quicktime has been the worst thorn in my side. Mpeg (mpg) is better (in my opinion). NE way, the site is great!!! I'm loving the "Pushing American" section. Thanks Orkelm!!

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bento
 July 11, 2007, 06:39 AM

this site "tá falado", it is great... I've met a handful of americans who already knew spanish and it has always been tiresome to explain to them the differences between spanish and portuguese! If i only got it sooner, it would have saved me a lot of trouble! About the "confessions of love" comentary. I actually speak portuguese, you know. Some years ago, when i heard she saying "mi é dodo na bo" i knew what each word in the sentence meant. But languages differ in the ways they use to express the same idea. So, in spanish one would say "te quiero", not meaning "i want you", but rather "i love you". Also the african crioulo "mi é dodo na bo" means rather "i love you" than "i'm crazy about you".

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orkelm
 June 17, 2007, 07:15 PM

I've received a few email requests asking if we have the same video materials in other languages. Besides Chinese I also have similar video interviews in Portuguese, Spanish, German, and Japanese. Easiest would be to go to my homepage. http://www.laits.utexas.edu/orkelm/kelm.htm Dave, send me a personal email and I'll pass the info on to Eric (my tech support guru). He might be able to identify what's going on.