Subj : Re: Serenity and Chinese To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Wed Oct 05 2005 15:56:56 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Tyler Trafford wrote: > John I wrote: >> Jim Larson wrote: >> >>> John I wrote: >>> >>>> Jim Larson wrote: >>>> >>>>> John I wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Jim Larson wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Subject: Re: Serenity and Chinese >>>>>>> From: Jim Larson >>>>>>> Newsgroups: 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. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> That movie really captures the tone and look of the seventies. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> (Kind of misses its intended period by a few decades then.) >>>>> >>>> >>>> Wait. I mistook it for "The French Connection". >>>> >>> >>> Both are Yay!able. >>> >> >> I haven't seen Chinatown. It seems I must. > > I haven't seen either of them. If I add them to my netflix queue now, > I'll see them sometime in the next 1.5 years. Move them to the top, ya pansy. That's what the "Move them to the top" button is for. -- Jim .