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doezeedoats
Posted on: Intellectual Property Lawsuits
February 23, 2009 at 1:56 AMOn 一模一樣.. I've never heard yi-MU-yi-yang, except in this lesson on Chinesepod. Yī mó yī yàng is the way I learned it.
Posted on: Marketing Proposal
January 20, 2009 at 3:03 AM广告策划...ad campaign
广告创意...the "creative concept" for the ad campaign.
Posted on: TV Commercials
January 16, 2009 at 7:57 AM另类 (另類) lìnglèi - not really 'bizarre'...might be better rendered as "alternative" (maybe with the quotation marks, since the speaker looks down on it)
Posted on: Choosing a Wine
January 15, 2009 at 2:14 AMMandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi) = Chinese perch = 桂花鱼 ("桂鱼")
free... caught... cooked
Posted on: The Final Show
January 14, 2009 at 8:11 AMBye Amber. Good luck in New York.
Posted on: Movie Genres
January 14, 2009 at 2:00 AMI believe Jean-Luc Goddard should be 让－吕克·戈达尔 (讓-呂克·戈達爾)
Posted on: Pregnancy Series 1: Officially Pregnant
January 9, 2009 at 4:11 AMCongratulations, Nate.
Posted on: Translation Issues
December 11, 2008 at 8:10 AMAbout the 則 as used in the dialogue, it expresses contrast in the way English "but", "whereas" and (especially) "on the one hand..., on the other hand..." Especially the latter because it can be used in the same pattern: A 則(是).., B 則(是) -- On the one hand A (is)..., while on the other hand B (is). Leaving out the first 則 is like "A is .... B, on the other hand, is...
That's the sense of it. More commonly it gets translated as "but", "then" or "and" (less contrast), or even not at all: "He's good. I'm not so hot." could be rendered well using 則.
Posted on: Exotic Animals
December 10, 2008 at 2:46 AMWonder if there has been a detectable "Viagra effect" on things like tiger bone and rhino horn...Seems like so many of the real tragic cases are all about the 陽.
Posted on: Interview with the Boss
March 18, 2009 at 2:09 AMFor me, the key word was 'unscripted' --unscripted and natural language at natural speeds. I think that explains the positive reactions, mine included. Liked the longer length of the dialogue without the repetition. More lessons like this would really help.