Subj : Re: Serenity and Chinese To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Wed Oct 05 2005 20:28:00 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape weirdwolf wrote: > 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.... I have The Man in the White Suit just sitting there waiting to be viewed, Mr. Smarty Pants. -- Jim .