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Posted on: A Tour of the Chinese Underworld (Part One)
March 7, 2012 at 3:53 PM

Hey, I just wanted to mention that "changeling" in English isn't a being that can change form. It refers to when fairies (or trolls, or the devil) steal an infant from its crib and replace it with another, a "changeling".

Fascinating lesson, thanks a lot, guys!

Posted on: Marriage and Divorce (original)
June 28, 2007 at 12:04 AM

"cite irreconcilable differences." Or was that a pun?

Posted on: Ice Cream
June 17, 2007 at 5:29 PM

I was a little confused during the explanation of vanilla. I thought I heard Ken saying shang cao and Jenny saying xiang cao, and had to go to the dictionary to be sure.

Posted on: Late Getting Back
May 18, 2007 at 1:14 AM

So, as a translator, I'd just like to mention that when you translate into idiomatic English for us, Ken, that's totally a translation in the exact sense of the term. The other option, matching up the words closely at the expense of fluidity, would be called a calque, probably. Or just bad translation. Keep up the good work!