Translating - Blog Posts
Bro, what the hellllllll!??//Kinoko Komori//Translating//Funny//MHA//My Hero Academia//Boku No Hero Academia//Class 1-B
Hi Essi! Could you make a list of some vocabulary list topics?
Greetings and basic phrases
Colours
Shapes
Numbers and counting
Measurements
Telling time
Question words
Basic adjectives/verbs
Personal pronouns
Family members and relatives
Daily routine
Weather
Seasons: winter, spring, summer, autumn
Events of the year: new year, easter, birthday, halloween, christmas, etc.
Life events and stages of life
Food and beverages
Herbs and spices
Cooking and baking
Dietary requirements and allergies
Flavours
Asking for and giving directions
Physical appearance
Clothes and accessories
Makeup
Beauty and fashion
Fabrics and patterns
Materials
Body parts
Personality traits
Feelings and emotions
Places and buildings
Types of houses
Furniture and objects around the house
Containers
City
Countryside
Animals and insects
Hobbies
Arts and crafts
Tools
Music
TV and tv-shows
Movies
Books and literature
Popular movies/series/etc: Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Twilight, Star Wars, Disney, Pokémon, Studio Ghibli, Moomin…
Sports
Games
Transportation
Cars and driving
Traveling
School, studying, and stationery
Work and occupations
Diary/bullet journal
Post and email
Culture
Science
Nature
Natural disasters
Environment
Elements
Countries and continents
Bodies of water
Space
Compass points
Languages and linguistics
Profanities and insults
Relationships
Friendship
Flirting
Love
Sex
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Religion
Fairytales and mythology
Zodiac signs
Computers and other electronic devices
Social media & different platforms (tumblr, facebook, twitter…)
Cleaning and hygiene
Health and illnesses
Money
Shopping
Camping
Names
Politics and elections
Royalty
Circus
Partying
Alcohol and drugs
Bullying
News
Terrorism
Refugees
Military, army & war
Synonyms and antonyms
Pairs and opposites
Idioms and proverbs
Tongue twisters
Loanwords
Abbreviations
Slang
Irregular verbs
False friends
Advanced vocabulary
Lost in translation of Word of Honor: southern barbarians and their association with poison
In Word of Honor, Zhao Jing sometimes calls Xie Wang 小南蛮子 xiao nanmanzi - “little southern barbarian”. In the English subtitles, 南蛮 was translated simply as “barbarian”, however, the omission of “southern” not only makes Xie Wang’s ethnicity less specific but also deprives him of an important background characterization: in the Han Chinese folklore, “southern barbarians” have a long-standing association with sinister witchcraft, poison and venomous creatures.
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As I’m preparing my copy of MDZS to lend out, I’m re-reading about how crazy and difficult it is to translate XianXia.
Of course, I can’t share any of these posts with my uninitiated friends, since even the Name meta contains a spoiler. Ugh!
At least I’m enjoying it. And can maybe copy-paste abridged non-spoiler versions of some of these posts :)
松风水月 masterpost
Hi I’m jing (she/they, 海外华人) 🍆 You can find my mdzs/cql meta and translation posts on this blog :) Please note that I do not allow my meta and translations to be translated, reposted, edited, reproduced (including printing, and/or the distributing of electronic and physical copies), or used commercially.
General meta related to terms used in mdzs/cql
The real meaning of 走火入魔 / “qi deviation”
The real meaning of 青山不改 绿水长流 后会有期 (cql only)
The differences between gongzi 公子 and shaoye 少爷
The differences between dizi 弟子 and mensheng 门生
The C-fandom’s nicknames for mdzs characters (novel only)
Plot meta
CQL subs critique
On the names of Lan Wangji’s bunnies (novel only)
What Jiang Fengmian might have done differently
The ideal wife, according to Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian (cql only)
The moment Nie Mingjue acted like a true Chinese parent in canon (novel only)
The 36 Stratagems in MDZS
Character meta
Jiang Cheng: Family, responsibility, and love
Lan Sizhui: What Lan Sizhui’s birth and courtesy names mean
Lan Xichen: What Shuoyue and Liebing mean
Lan Xichen: Fairness, justice, and love
3zun: Oath of fraternity
Analysis of speech patterns in mdzs from character to character
Translation notes
What really happened in the love confession scene in the Guanyin temple (novel only)
Wei Wuxian’s heart and temperament 心性
What Nie Huaisang was saying about Lan Wangji in the flower petal scene (cql only)
Lan Wangji never said “you are an awful person” to Wei Wuxian (novel only)
Misc
The meaning of “jianghu” 江湖
Using Chinese names
A short note on translation
Right panel style 右衽 and left panel style 左衽 in hanfu
Other links
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