tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post113370013595935652..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Is it Real, or Is it Babelfish?Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1133968389194004322005-12-07T23:13:00.000+08:002005-12-07T23:13:00.000+08:00there is a circle of Taiwanese english "teachers" ...there is a circle of Taiwanese english "teachers" in Taiwan who exist solely to teach shitty english to other bad teachers. i have great difficulty understanding these people when they speak in english. i contend that very few of the people who study english in Taiwan have any real purpose for it - except of course to impress their friends. funny how they all love english names though. ask them to use your chinese name and see what happens. i love it when i show up somewhere and suddenly the english words spring up in all the conversations. yeah, i'm impressed alright....MJ Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16859263977094071677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1133795058511288552005-12-05T23:04:00.000+08:002005-12-05T23:04:00.000+08:00@china doll: "renmin dahuitang" isn't an English t...@china doll: "renmin dahuitang" isn't an English translation, it's pinyin. There's nothing wrong with using it, either. If you think about it, pinyin not only helps English speaking foreigners who can't read characters, but it helps Spanish speakers, Japanese speakers, Thai speakers, etc... Pinyin is also used by all Chinese grade school children and speakers of other Chinese languages (such as Cantonese, or Hakkanese).Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09652288045145591799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1133756746398670462005-12-05T12:25:00.000+08:002005-12-05T12:25:00.000+08:00I think "Why can receive are moved?" is probably s...I think "Why can receive are moved?" is probably something like "Why can the audience be moved [by the film]?" This is assuming "recieve" is supposed to be something like "recipients"=viewers/audience, which is probably not too far a leap. And "can ... are" just might be an attempt at "can ... be". <BR/><BR/>Or it might have been Babelfished...Jonathan Bendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10697405682873882601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1133712334904327732005-12-05T00:05:00.000+08:002005-12-05T00:05:00.000+08:00Hope your student didn't get the idea from my blog...Hope your student didn't get the idea from my blog! I'd feel guilty... ;)Jonathan Bendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10697405682873882601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1133710703539429432005-12-04T23:38:00.000+08:002005-12-04T23:38:00.000+08:00Looks a bit (Babel-)fishy to me, too. I tried to c...Looks a bit (Babel-)fishy to me, too. I tried to come up with a version that would sound correct in Chinese and that Babelfish would translate into that exact English, but I can't figure out what would result in "penetration movie," "time will," or "time mind." Anybody have any ideas?Tim Maddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943522529132663780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1133710220013866512005-12-04T23:30:00.000+08:002005-12-04T23:30:00.000+08:00Hey! she aped my, writing style!Stick it to her, I...Hey! she aped <I>my,</I> writing style!<BR/><BR/>Stick it to her, I say: make copies of it, pass it out to all of her classmates, and hold an hourlong discussion on its grammar mistakes WITHOUT revealing who wrote it. She'll have to sit through it all, lest she wants to tip classmates off that its her paper by running out of the room in shame. It's a great way to punish someone anonymously while sending out a clear message to the others!Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09759067282582187193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1133704179427004242005-12-04T21:49:00.000+08:002005-12-04T21:49:00.000+08:00Compared them to the English translations often se...Compared them to the English translations often seen in the mainland, your student's attempt is not really a bad one - at least they are English words.<BR/><BR/>It took me awhile to understand "Renmin Dahuitang" means "People's Hall" in China.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com