Subj : Re: Serenity and Chinese To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Tue Oct 04 2005 22:40:26 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape weirdwolf wrote: > 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. Simon calls River meimei a bunch of times in the series. -- Jim .