Referenced Theo. Expressions Updated to 2010-12-24 Version, Mandarin Web Lookup Added

The Referenced Theo. Expressions files, available for download from the Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Pinyin + English) Downloads (note the slightly altered name) and Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Cantonese Romanisation + 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 2010-12-24. It contains 9156 expressions, compared to the 8744 expressions that were in the previous version. A Mandarin Pleco version, a Mandarin Wenlin version, and a Mandarin ChinaScribe data file are available in addition to the PDF files.

Here are some comments from the one who assembled this update to the RTE:

Among other things, I’ve added lots more public talk titles. I’m hoping that will be useful in congregations like mine where the talk co-ordinator’s Chinese is limited; talks often get announced in English only, and it would be useful to look up the official Chinese translation of the title when that happens...

I've updated the [RTE] again, this time with an improvement to the script that generates the ChinaScribe data. This format now contains a greater number of alternative English word orders, to assist with searching by English in ChinaScribe.

As a reminder, note that the Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Pinyin + English) Web Lookup page is now available as well. Rather than containing download links to the RTE data files, it contains a web form that can be used to look up Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Pinyin + English) information by English or by Simplified or Traditional Chinese characters.

Bookmarks have been added to the PDF files, and PDF annotation has been enabled on them, so “LN-A” (“Link Navigation-Annotation”) is included in their filenames. See the PDF Link Navigation page and the PDF Annotation (Notes & Highlighting) 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. Also, these instructions have been rewritten for greater clarity, with more step-by-step details.

Thanks go out to the ones who helped to produce this group of resources.

RTE (Mand.) Web Lookup Link Added to Links Sidebar and to tiandi.info

RTE (Mand.) Web Lookup has been added to the Links sidebar on the right of this page. A similar link has been added to the Links page at tiandi.info.

See this post for more information about the Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Pinyin + English) Web Lookup page.

“My Follower” Bk. 3-Line XLP-iPhone-A5 Size LN-A Files For Ch. 16 Posted

3-line pinyin and Sidney Lau XLP-iPhone-A5 size files with LN-A (LinkNav and annotation (notes & highlighting)) for Chapter 16 of the “My Follower” book are now available for download from the “My Follower” Book (3-Line, XLP-iPhone-A5, LN-A) page.

Based on my recent experience with using these files on an iPad, the following sentence has been added to the “My Follower” Book (3-Line, XLP-iPhone-A5, LN-A) page:

When zoomed so that one page fills an entire screen, the material in these files also renders at a good size on the iPad and other devices with similarly sized screens.

The relevant folders at the 3lines.org site contain an HTML file with a link to the “My Follower” Book (3-Line, XLP-iPhone-A5, LN-A) page.

Related links:

• 3-Line Material on the iPhone and the iPod touch


• Printing Extra Large Print 3-Line Material


• PDF Link Navigation


• PDF Annotation (Notes & Highlighting)

Computer Literacy

...is the title of a recent post at tiandi.info. Here’s the description from the news feed:

[Computer literacy]…is like learning to ride the “bicycle for our minds”.

That quote is from Steve Jobs, the famous founder and leader of Apple Inc., and the post features video footage of his younger self uttering it. Of course, since it’s at tiandi.info, the post will discuss how learning to ride this “bicycle for our minds” can help us 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.

“My Follower” Bk. A4/Letter Size 3-Line Material Up To the End of Ch. 17 Posted

A4/letter size 3-line material up to the end of Chapter 17 of the “My Follower” book is now available for download from the 3lines.org site. Simplified and Traditional Chinese Mandarin pinyin and Traditional Chinese Cantonese Jyutping, Sidney Lau, and Yale material is available.

Additionally, the Simplified (CHS) Mandarin pinyin files are also available in “black” versions, which only use black to render the material rather than using blue and red for some of it like the regular files.

At the 3lines.org home page, just answer the Witness-testing questions (no commas), click on the bs (Book Study) graphic, and click through to your desired type of file.

PDF Annotation (Notes & Highlighting) Page Updated

The PDF Annotation (Notes & Highlighting) page has been updated to include information about Adobe Reader X, the new version of Adobe Reader that brings a significant new feature re annotation compared to previous versions.

Also, some screenshots have been added of GoodReader for iPad, showing annotations applied to a Watchtower PDF downloaded from jw.org.

Much of the rest of the text has been revised as well.

PDF Link Navigation Page Revised

The PDF Link Navigation page has been revised.