Comments on: The Internet Chinese Text Archive http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/07/31/the-internet-chinese-text-archive/ Japanese, Chinese, and a dash of Korean Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:42:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: taekk http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/07/31/the-internet-chinese-text-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-1414 taekk Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:59:58 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=273#comment-1414 Thanks! I got plenty to read now that I've got the Chinese version of 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 online thanks to Paul. It should be manageable since I own the Japanese versions. Thanks!

I got plenty to read now that I’ve got the Chinese version of 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 online thanks to Paul. It should be manageable since I own the Japanese versions.

]]> By: K. http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/07/31/the-internet-chinese-text-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-1413 K. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:15:34 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=273#comment-1413 @THT -- I read mypaper on the way to work daily, but I don't think it's really suitable for beginners to Chinese because the Chinese articles are not written in a simplified way, and to be able to read news in any language requires advanced proficiency. The Chinese stories are also not the same as those published in the English section, so one can't try to understand the Chinese through English. As for the sporadic translations of English words into Chinese, a dictionary would do better. @taekk -- I'm not too sure what your standard of Chinese is, though I'd suggest trying non-fiction in a familiar topic, so you can more or less infer the meaning of the text using your background knowledge. If you want short stories, you can try those by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanmao_%28author%29" rel="nofollow">San Mao</a>. She expresses herself using simple language. Maybe it can be found in the Chinese text archive. @THT — I read mypaper on the way to work daily, but I don’t think it’s really suitable for beginners to Chinese because the Chinese articles are not written in a simplified way, and to be able to read news in any language requires advanced proficiency.

The Chinese stories are also not the same as those published in the English section, so one can’t try to understand the Chinese through English.

As for the sporadic translations of English words into Chinese, a dictionary would do better.

@taekk — I’m not too sure what your standard of Chinese is, though I’d suggest trying non-fiction in a familiar topic, so you can more or less infer the meaning of the text using your background knowledge.

If you want short stories, you can try those by San Mao. She expresses herself using simple language.

Maybe it can be found in the Chinese text archive.

]]> By: THT http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/07/31/the-internet-chinese-text-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-1412 THT Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:29:13 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=273#comment-1412 Oops, I forgot about the url... hahaha http://www.mypaper.sg/ Oops, I forgot about the url… hahaha

http://www.mypaper.sg/

]]> By: THT http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/07/31/the-internet-chinese-text-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-1411 THT Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:27:30 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=273#comment-1411 嗨， 你写的日文语法手册真的帮了我不少的忙。有机会我可真想好好地报答你。 Perhaps this might be helpful for your Chinese studies. In Singapore, we have a bilingual paper which is written in simplified characters. The Chinese articles comes with explanations for certain words that are rarely used. 嗨，

你写的日文语法手册真的帮了我不少的忙。有机会我可真想好好地报答你。

Perhaps this might be helpful for your Chinese studies. In Singapore, we have a bilingual paper which is written in simplified characters. The Chinese articles comes with explanations for certain words that are rarely used.

]]> By: taekk http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/07/31/the-internet-chinese-text-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-1408 taekk Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:27:24 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=273#comment-1408 @Paul Sweet! I already read 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 so reading the Chinese version might really help! I don't think the publisher would be very happy about it though! @safarinew Really, wow I knew China censored stuff but didn't know they were that harsh. I guess it everything changes once you put it on the "internet". The site that is hosting the Chinese Text Archive it is: http://www.ibiblio.org/ They are a site for digital archives and is my host as well. This blog is running off their machines, in fact. I don't know if they're fully aware of the type of literature that is on there, though. :-) So are there any works on the site that you would recommend? Hmm... I'm not familiar with this usage of 没事. Are you saying it's no problem to teach me Chinese? Thanks, looking forward to any tips about Chinese! 请多指教 @Paul

Sweet! I already read 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 so reading the Chinese version might really help! I don’t think the publisher would be very happy about it though!

@safarinew

Really, wow I knew China censored stuff but didn’t know they were that harsh. I guess it everything changes once you put it on the “internet”.

The site that is hosting the Chinese Text Archive it is: http://www.ibiblio.org/
They are a site for digital archives and is my host as well. This blog is running off their machines, in fact.
I don’t know if they’re fully aware of the type of literature that is on there, though. :-)

So are there any works on the site that you would recommend?

Hmm… I’m not familiar with this usage of 没事. Are you saying it’s no problem to teach me Chinese? Thanks, looking forward to any tips about Chinese! 请多指教

]]> By: safarinew http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/07/31/the-internet-chinese-text-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-1410 safarinew Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:36:04 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=273#comment-1410 你好 我刚用Google Reader订阅了你的博客 没事教你说说中文怎么样 哈哈 你好 我刚用Google Reader订阅了你的博客
没事教你说说中文怎么样 哈哈

]]> By: safarinew http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/07/31/the-internet-chinese-text-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-1409 safarinew Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:35:06 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=273#comment-1409 hehh, happened to find this these 'yellow novels' are basically illegal in mainland's cyberspace how do you find it? hehh, happened to find this
these ‘yellow novels’ are basically illegal in mainland’s cyberspace
how do you find it?

]]> By: Paul http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/2008/07/31/the-internet-chinese-text-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-1407 Paul Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:08:06 +0000 http://www.guidetojapanese.org/blog/?p=273#comment-1407 http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dporter/sampler/sampler.html This site has a wide variety of short stories, song lyrics, idioms, speeches, and other interesting stuff. I wouldn't call these "modern" though. http://www.clavisinica.com/voices.html This site has short essays about life and current events in China. It also has audio. Finally, for something more advanced, Chinese-translated Japanese light novels such as 涼宮ハルヒ can be found by searching Google or Baidu. Usually these are legitimate Taiwanese tranlations that are converted into Simplified Chinese and put online for Mainland Chinese fans to enjoy. For example, you can search for 「凉宫春日 轻小说」. 轻小说 is the Chinese word for "light novel." http://www-personal.umich.edu/.....mpler.html

This site has a wide variety of short stories, song lyrics, idioms, speeches, and other interesting stuff. I wouldn’t call these “modern” though.

http://www.clavisinica.com/voices.html

This site has short essays about life and current events in China. It also has audio.

Finally, for something more advanced, Chinese-translated Japanese light novels such as 涼宮ハルヒ can be found by searching Google or Baidu. Usually these are legitimate Taiwanese tranlations that are converted into Simplified Chinese and put online for Mainland Chinese fans to enjoy. For example, you can search for 「凉宫春日 轻小说」. 轻小说 is the Chinese word for “light novel.”

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