Subj : Re: Serenity and Chinese To : alt.tv.farscape From : weirdwolf Date : Tue Oct 04 2005 16:50:01 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote in news:Xns96E551D1E10153v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: > 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! I already have to ask how to say, "I love you daddy" tonight > *smacks Ted around as he alternates between saying "My sister" and "My > daughter."*[1] > Younger or elder sister? Jiejie or meimei,(which I think I hear them call Kayleigh) and nuer, I believe. Ted -- Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss looks like a nifty place to hide the bodies .