Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Pīnyīn Plus Resources Have Begun to be Revised to Match the New Edition of the Mandarin NWT

The full text of cited scriptures in Pīnyīn Plus resources has begun to be revised to match the new edition of the Mandarin NWT (nwt). At the time of this writing, this revision process has begun with these resources:

  • Good News Br.
    (Pīnyīn Plus, Scriptures, Web)

    (rich information about Mandarin speech
    for discussing basic Bible teachings,
    as represented by the text of the
    Mandarin Good News brochure,
    2018-03 Printing, proofread, mobile-friendly,
    “flashcards” integrated with the text,
    (tap/click on a Pīnyīn word to reveal its “flashcard”,
    tap/click on a “flashcard” to hide it),
    Pīnyīn (Pinyin) used as the default writing system,
    carefully done human-translated
    context-appropriate English translations
    with literal & effective meanings,
    Simplified & Traditional characters,
    📖 Reveal All, 📄 Reveal Advanced,
    and 📘 Reveal None controls for
    all the “flashcards” in a lesson, paragraph, etc.,
    links for getting around,
    picture thumbnails & links, audio links,
    video thumbnails & links,
    Night Theme that can be turned on or off
    using the ☀️/🌙 button at the top right,
    adjustable text size)
    (Info re offline viewing and printing)
  • “God’s Love” Bk.
    (Pīnyīn Plus, Scriptures, Web)

    (rich information about Mandarin speech
    for discussing applying Bible truth,
    as represented by the text of the
    Mandarin “God’s Love” book,
    2017-02 Printing, proofread, mobile-friendly,
    “flashcards” integrated with the text,
    (tap/click on a Pīnyīn word to reveal its “flashcard”,
    tap/click on a “flashcard” to hide it),
    Pīnyīn (Pinyin) used as the default writing system,
    carefully done human-translated
    context-appropriate English translations
    with literal & effective meanings,
    Simplified & Traditional characters,
    📖 Reveal All, 📄 Reveal Advanced,
    and 📘 Reveal None controls for
    all the “flashcards” in a chapter, paragraph, etc.,
    links for getting around,
    picture thumbnails & links, audio links,
    Night Theme that can be turned on or off
    using the ☀️/🌙 button at the top right,
    adjustable text size)
    (Info re offline viewing and printing)

This revision process will continue with the available Pīnyīn Plus resources as time allows. Meanwhile, as time allows, the full text of the remaining unrevised scriptures will be marked as being from the older bi12 edition, and a link will be provided for each remaining unrevised scripture to the corresponding text in the new nwt edition on the Pīnyīn WOL.