Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Good News Brochure Pīnyīn Web Material For All of Lesson 7 Added

Good News brochure Pīnyīn web material for all of Lesson 7 has been added to:

The introductions of the above resources explain why it’s good to use Pīnyīn as a writing system on its own, since Pīnyīn simply and straightforwardly represents Mandarin speech, which is more important for us to master in our spiritual work than Chinese characters are.—1 Cor. 14:8–11.


As discussed here, the default typeface for the above resources is now Gentium Basic.


Besides the addition of new material, the above resources have also been re-architected as follows:

  • The full text of footnotes has been moved to be at the end of each web page, in the section entitled Jīngwén hé Jiǎozhù. This moves the full text of the footnotes out of the text flow of the main body, following the practice of the official apps, EPUB files, and websites.
  • Picture links now appear at the same places in the text flow that their corresponding pictures appear at in the official apps, EPUB files, and websites.

Note that:

  • The material in the above resources has been carefully rendered and proofread.
  • Since the Good News brochure may get revised, the material in the above resources has been checked against the Chinese Good News brochure material on the WOL. If you notice that some changes need to be made to the material in the above resources to bring it in line with revisions to the Good News brochure, please email me to let me know.
  • The linked full text in Pīnyīn of all the cited scriptures is included in the above resources.
  • The above resources are mobile-friendly—they are quite legible and usable on everything from desktop/laptop PCs and Macs to iPads and other tablets to iPhones and other smartphones.
  • In the above resources, links are used extensively to make it quick and easy to get around in the material, drastically reducing the amount of manual scrolling needed.
  • The above resources contain picture links.
  • The above resources contain a link to the video “Shàngdì Yǒu Míngzi ma?” (“Does God Have a Name?”) on jw.org.
  • The Offline Viewing sections of the above resources explain how to view them offline. Of course, in addition to being downloadable and viewable offline, the web pages of the above web resources can also be printed out from your web browser.
  • Turning mobile devices to landscape orientation causes the text in the above resources to become large-print text.
  • For your convenience, a short link is available for the above resources.

The full Pīnyīn text of all the cited scriptures in the new material has been added to:

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