Tuesday, May 25, 2010

XLP-iPhone-A5 Size “God’s Love” Bk. 3-Line Material Files Upgraded With LN-A

More and more, the 3-line, etc. PDF files will be used on computers, including mobile devices such as the iPhone, the iPod touch, and the iPad, rather than printed out on paper. So, as mentioned here, bookmarks and some links were recently added to the XLP-iPhone-A5 size “God’s Love” Bk. 3-line material PDF files.


Now, these files are available from the “God’s Love” Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page in LN-A (Link Navigation-Annotation) versions, with annotation and link-enhanced footnotes in addition to the bookmarks and page reference links that the previous LinkNav files had.


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Monday, May 24, 2010

Lernliste häufigste chinesische Worte

A brother has produced a PDF file with German versions of the Frequently Used Words lists, sorted by number (rank), pinyin, and German. His lists contain the 300 most frequently used words in some recent Chinese publications.


The file can be downloaded from this web page:

Lernliste häufigste chinesische Worte


Here is a quote from that page:

Eine Vokabelliste mit den 300 häufigsten chinesischen Worten.

Die Liste orientiert sich an dem Vorbild in englisch: Frequent Words. Danke an alle Helfer in den Staaten.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Cantonese Romanisation Poll

On the top right of this blog’s home page, there is currently a poll widget asking the question, “Which Cantonese romanisation system do you prefer?” If you are learning Cantonese for the Chinese field and appreciate having 3-line, etc. material with Cantonese romanisation, please take a moment to provide your answer to this question. (You may select more than one system.) Also, please direct other such ones to the poll as well. If enough people answer, then the poll will provide some meaningful input for those who prepare such material.


If you choose the Other option, please email me to tell me what other Cantonese romanisation system you prefer.


If you have an idea for another question related to learning Chinese for the Chinese field that you think it would be good to have a poll for, please email me about it.


Thanks in advance for your input!

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Referenced Theo. Expressions Updated to 2010-05-12 Version

The Referenced Theo. Expressions files, available for download from the Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Pinyin + English) and Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Cant. Rom. + English) pages, have been updated. These files are meant to be relatively extensive lists of theo. expressions as they have been found to be rendered in the Chinese publications. Versions sorted by English and versions sorted by romanisation are both available.


The current version is now dated 2010-05-12. A Mandarin Pleco version and a Mandarin Wenlin version are available in addition to the PDF files. Also, a password is no longer needed to access this resource.


Bookmarks have been added to the PDF files, and PDF annotation has been enabled on them, so “LN-A” (“Link Navigation-Annotation”) has been added to their filenames. See the PDF Link Navigation page and the PDF Annotation (Commenting) page for more information.


Note that the current version of Pleco for iPhone / iPod Touch / iPad now supports flashcards and user-created dictionaries. So, the RTE Pleco Instructions file now contains instructions for installing the RTE Pleco files in Pleco running on these devices.


Thanks go out to the one who helped to produce these files.

Pinyin Tones Tool for Windows

A brother recently contacted me regarding a little program he wrote for typing pinyin (along with those pesky vowels with the funny tone symbols) on Windows computers. It is free for personal (non-commercial) use, like that of ours in the Chinese field.


Here is his web page for this program:


Pinyin Tones Tool


I plan to include the above link in the next update of the Theo. Chinese Links file.

Friday, May 14, 2010

An Early iPad User in the Chinese Field Shares His Experience So Far

...in this new post at tiandi.info. I expect the iPad to have a major impact on how computer-based resources for the Chinese field are used in the days ahead, and this post provides some specific information regarding the current state of iPad usage in the Chinese field.


To obtain the login information for tiandi.info, request e-mail notification of news regarding available resources, or if you have any questions or comments, you may e-mail me at waynerj@shaw.ca, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Talk 20 Recordings

Audio and video recordings of Mandarin public talk 20 are now available from the Mandarin Public Talks Audio & Video page. The recordings are available in MP3, iPod video, CD, and DVD formats. Chairmen’s information is also available in Simp.+Pinyin+English 3-line PDF format.


For information on how to access this page, email me, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.

Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Password Protection Removed From, LN-A Added to the Frequently Used Words Page Files

A password is no longer required to access the files from the Frequently Used Words page. This change will gradually be made to other resources as well on a case-by-case basis.


Also, PDF Link Navigation and PDF Annotation (Commenting) has been added to the files, so they have had “LN-A” added to their filenames.


Related links:

Monday, May 03, 2010

Talk 59 Recordings

Audio and video recordings of Mandarin public talk 59 are now available from the Mandarin Public Talks Audio & Video page. The recordings are available in MP3, iPod video, CD, and DVD formats. Chairmen’s information is also available in Simp.+Pinyin+English 3-line PDF format.


For information on how to access this page, email me, providing information such as what group or congregation you’re with, who referred you to this site, etc.


For thoughts on how the April 2010 km Question Box relates or does not relate to the Mandarin Public Talks Audio & Video page and its contents, please check out the contents of this file. (The password is the same as for the files available for download from the Mandarin Public Talks Audio & Video page.)