Subj : Re: Serenity and Chinese To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Tue Oct 04 2005 16:02:36 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape weirdwolf wrote: > Jim Larson wrote in > news:Xns96E4C20DFE5783v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: > >> Anyone know how well the actors were able to pull of the Chinese bits >> in Firefly? Usually they had to say no more than a couple of words, so >> maybe it's not that bad. In Serenity, there is a small bit where River >> curses(?) at length and probably pretty creatively in Chinese. I >> wonder if Summer Glau came even close to pulling it off. Must query >> Ted when he's seen it. >> > > They had a specialist translator/teacher. I've seen some outakes where > they had more than a little trouble. I'm not really good enough to tell. > I do know that there are certain sounds that are very unusual for English > speakers as they don't appear in English and different ways of > pronouncing certain letters. The best examples are a 6th vowel n which > is a sort of ew noise and h which is from the front of the mouth rather > than the back of the throat. Please bare in mind however that I have only > had two lessons. I'll have no backtalk. Translate, damn you! *smacks Ted around as he alternates between saying "My sister" and "My daughter."*[1] -- Jim [1] Chinatown was on the other day. .