Subj : Re: Serenity and Chinese To : alt.tv.farscape From : weirdwolf Date : Wed Oct 05 2005 16:09:17 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote in news:Xns96E650DB6277C3v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: > 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. > Which I'm sure was done for the Ealing comedies I suggested.... Ted -- Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss looks like a nifty place to hide the bodies .