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Friday, April 12, 2013

2013-04-04 Edition of Referenced Theo. Expressions Now Available

The current edition is now dated 2013-04-04. It contains 18,750 / 18,752 entries and 9568 / 10,080 alternate headings, compared to the 17,648 entries and 9409 alternate headings that were in the previous edition. For the Mandarin RTE data, Pleco, Wenlin, ChinaScribe, DICT, StarDict (for ColorDict, etc.), and iSilo data files are now available in addition to the PDF files. (We have not been able to make the StarDict data files work with the StarDict program itself, but they may work with ColorDict and other programs that read the StarDict format.)

Here are some comments from the one who produces the RTE, regarding this update:

There's been another 1,000+ entries since last October (including some from new publications), plus a much-needed update to the Pleco instructions re Android.

...

PS: in the notes on the entry for "pray anytime", I've put the Chinese lyrics from the Become Jehovah's Friend video on jw.org (which they didn't publish in textual form); this transcription has been proofread by an HK sister.

Bookmarks have been added to the PDF files with “LN-A” (“Link Navigation-Annotation”) included in their filenames, and PDF annotation has been enabled on them as well. See the PDF Link Navigation page and the PDF Annotation (Notes & Highlighting) page for more information.

Note that Pleco is now available for iPhone / iPod Touch / iPad and for Android. The RTE Pleco Instructions file contains instructions for installing the RTE Pleco files in Pleco running on these devices.

As a reminder, note that the Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Pinyin + English) Web Lookup and Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Cantonese Romanization + English) Web Lookup pages are available as well. Rather than containing download links to the RTE data files, they each contain a web form that can be used to look up RTE information.

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

Sunday, October 28, 2012

2012-10-15 Edition of Referenced Theo. Expressions Now Available

The current edition is now dated 2012-10-15. It contains 17,648 entries + 9409 alternate headings, compared to the 16,897 entries + 8981 alternate headings that were in the previous edition. For the Mandarin RTE data, Pleco, Wenlin, ChinaScribe, DICT, StarDict (for ColorDict, etc.), and iSilo data files are now available in addition to the PDF files. (We have not been able to make the StarDict data files work with the StarDict program itself, but they may work with ColorDict and other programs that read the StarDict format.)

Note the below comments from the one who produces the RTE, regarding the “compact” version for printing (PDF format):

In response to a comment we received about RTE being too big to print, there is now an extra “compact” version for printing. It contains all the material of the regular PDFs, but requires only about 150 sheets of paper. It does however need a little cutting and folding (instructions are on the front page, and it’s similar to the old pinyin songbook, so anyone who did that should know how to do this).

Margins have been set with bookbinding in mind and footnotes are reformatted to save space.

...this version is ONLY for printing. The pages are in “signature” order for the folding/binding to work, therefore it’ll be awful to use on screen.

We still supply the regular PDFs for screen use.

For now, the compact version is only for Mandarin and ordered by English. I think we should check if there’s any feedback from the field before doing other versions. We might have to make further changes to the layout based on what people tell us.

As a reminder, note that the Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Pinyin + English) Web Lookup and Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Cantonese Romanization + English) Web Lookup pages are now available as well. Rather than containing download links to the RTE data files, they each contain a web form that can be used to look up RTE information.

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

Thursday, June 14, 2012

2012-06-11 Edition of Referenced Theo. Expressions Now Available

The current edition is now dated 2012-06-11. It contains 16,897 entries + 8981 alternate headings), compared to the 15,944 entries (+ 6493 alternate headings) that were in the previous edition. For the Mandarin RTE data, Pleco, Wenlin, ChinaScribe, DICT, StarDict (for ColorDict, etc.), and iSilo data files are now available in addition to the PDF files. (We have not been able to make the StarDict data files work with the StarDict program itself, but they may work with ColorDict and other programs that read the StarDict format.)

Re this update, the one who produces the RTE said:

In response to a comment we received about RTE being too big to print, there is now an extra “compact” version for printing. It contains all the material of the regular PDFs, but requires only about 150 sheets of paper. It does however need a little cutting and folding (instructions are on the front page, and it’s similar to the old pinyin songbook, so anyone who did that should know how to do this).

Margins have been set with bookbinding in mind and footnotes are reformatted to save space.

...this version is ONLY for printing. The pages are in “signature” order for the folding/binding to work, therefore it’ll be awful to use on screen.

We still supply the regular PDFs for screen use.

For now, the compact version is only for Mandarin and ordered by English. I think we should check if there’s any feedback from the field before doing other versions. We might have to make further changes to the layout based on what people tell us.

As a reminder, note that the Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Pinyin + English) Web Lookup and Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Cantonese Romanization + English) Web Lookup pages are now available as well. Rather than containing download links to the RTE data files, they each contain a web form that can be used to look up RTE information.

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

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Referenced Theo. Expressions Updated to 2012-03-22 Version

The current version is now dated 2012-03-22. It contains 15,944 entries (+ 6493 alternate headings), compared to the 15,701 entries (+ 6277 alternate headings) that were in the previous version. For the Mandarin RTE data, Pleco, Wenlin, ChinaScribe, DICT, StarDict (for ColorDict, etc.), and iSilo data files are now available in addition to the PDF files. (We have not been able to make the StarDict data files work with the StarDict program itself, but they may work with ColorDict and other programs that read the StarDict format.)

Re this update, the one who produces the RTE said:

Apart from additions and corrections, this version adds instructions for how to add RTE to the free version of Android Pleco.

Android Pleco is giving free-for-life access to its paid handwriting-recognition tool if you use that tool before June 30, which I'd encourage all Android users to do even if you don't yet think you'll need it.

The old Submitting New Expressions subheading of both the Mandarin and the Cantonese download pages has been changed to the below in order to encourage more submissions and requests:

Submitting or Requesting New Expressions

If you come across a Chinese theo. expression that is not yet listed in the RTE material and you would like to submit or request it for inclusion in future versions of the RTE material, please email me about it and include as many of these pieces of information as you are reasonably able to:

Chinese characters (Simplified, Traditional, or both)

pinyin (zhèyàng or zhe4yang4 are both okay) [Mandarin page]

romanization, including type (e.g. Yale, Sidney Lau, etc.) [Cantonese page]

English equivalent

source (which theo. publication, page, paragraph)

As a reminder, note that the Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Pinyin + English) Web Lookup and Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Cantonese Romanization + English) Web Lookup pages are now available as well. Rather than containing download links to the RTE data files, they each contain a web form that can be used to look up RTE information.

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

Monday, February 20, 2012

Referenced Theo. Expressions Updated to 2012-02-09 Version

The current version is now dated 2012-02-09. It contains 15,701 entries (+ 6277 alternate headings), compared to the 14,494 entries (+ 6006 alternate headings) that were in the previous version. For the Mandarin RTE data, Pleco, Wenlin, ChinaScribe, DICT, StarDict (for ColorDict, etc.), and iSilo data files are now available in addition to the PDF files. (We have not been able to make the StarDict data files work with the StarDict program itself, but they may work with ColorDict and other programs that read the StarDict format.)

Re this update, the one who produces the RTE said:

I’ve added a lot of terms from the new 2011 version of Watchtower Library (which has the Insight book in Chinese, yay!)

The old Submitting New Expressions subheading of both the Mandarin and the Cantonese download pages has been changed to the below in order to encourage more submissions and requests:

Submitting or Requesting New Expressions

If you come across a Chinese theo. expression that is not yet listed in the RTE material and you would like to submit or request it for inclusion in future versions of the RTE material, please email me about it and include as many of these pieces of information as you are reasonably able to:

Chinese characters (Simplified, Traditional, or both)

pinyin (zhèyàng or zhe4yang4 are both okay) [Mandarin page]

romanization, including type (e.g. Yale, Sidney Lau, etc.) [Cantonese page]

English equivalent

source (which theo. publication, page, paragraph)

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.

As a reminder, note that the Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Pinyin + English) Web Lookup and Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Cantonese Romanization + English) Web Lookup pages are now available as well. Rather than containing download links to the RTE data files, they each contain a web form that can be used to look up RTE information.

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

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Referenced Theo. Expressions Updated to 2011-12-23 Version

The current version is now dated 2011-12-23. It contains 14,494 entries (+ 6006 alternate headings), compared to the 14,041 entries (+ 5766 alternate headings) that were in the previous version. For the Mandarin RTE data, Pleco, Wenlin, ChinaScribe, DICT, StarDict (for ColorDict, etc.), and iSilo data files are now available in addition to the PDF files. (We have not been able to make the StarDict data files work with the StarDict program itself, but they may work with ColorDict and other programs that read the StarDict format.)

Re this update, the one who produces the RTE said:

The Cantonese version has been overhauled again: my program to convert Jyutping to Sidney Lau and Yale had many mistakes in it, leading to incorrect Sidney Lau and Yale, but now a Cantonese-speaking brother kindly helped me fix the rules. Also there were quite a few entries where one or two Traditional characters were incorrectly copied from Simplified, leading to incorrect Cantonese (e.g. 里 and 裡 have different pronunciations); this has now been fixed.

As usual this update also adds more words and makes a few general corrections.

The old Submitting New Expressions subheading of both the Mandarin and the Cantonese download pages has been changed to the below in order to encourage more submissions and requests:

Submitting or Requesting New Expressions

If you come across a Chinese theo. expression that is not yet listed in the RTE material and you would like to submit or request it for inclusion in future versions of the RTE material, please email me about it and include as many of these pieces of information as you are reasonably able to:

Chinese characters (Simplified, Traditional, or both)

pinyin (zhèyàng or zhe4yang4 are both okay) [Mandarin page]

romanization, including type (e.g. Yale, Sidney Lau, etc.) [Cantonese page]

English equivalent

source (which theo. publication, page, paragraph)

As a reminder, note that the Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Pinyin + English) Web Lookup and Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Cantonese Romanization + English) Web Lookup pages are now available as well. Rather than containing download links to the RTE data files, they each contain a web form that can be used to look up RTE information.

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

Monday, October 31, 2011

Referenced Theo. Expressions Updated to 2011-10-31 Version

The current version is now dated 2011-10-31. It contains 14,041 entries (+5766 alternate headings), compared to the 13,183 entries (+5064 alternate headings) that were in the previous version. For the Mandarin RTE data, Pleco, Wenlin, ChinaScribe, DICT, StarDict (for ColorDict, etc.), and iSilo data files are now available in addition to the PDF files. (We have not been able to make the StarDict data files work with the StarDict program itself, but they may work with ColorDict and other programs that read the StarDict format.)

Re this update, the one who produces the RTE said:

...it includes some scientific words and names from the November Awake! that bros might now want to look up.

...

Besides the November words, and a bunch of other additions and corrections, other improvements are:

The PDF and iSilo files had an introduction with date and statistics, but other formats (ChinaScribe, Wenlin, Pleco, etc) could not. This inconsistency has now been fixed by giving RTE a Chinese name and an entry for itself in the dictionary, so if you're using a format that has no introduction then you can look up "RTE" to see it. (The introduction's wording has also been simplified.)

Fixed a bug in the scripts which was omitting most of the BP course words from the PDFs (although they were counted in the statistics). The other formats were not affected by this bug.

Improved the Cantonese romanisation by referring to a newer version of Cameron Wong's secular Cantonese dictionary (not yet online but he let me have a copy).

The old Submitting New Expressions subheading of both the Mandarin and the Cantonese download pages has been changed to the below in order to encourage more submissions and requests:

Submitting or Requesting New Expressions

If you come across a Chinese theo. expression that is not yet listed in the RTE material and you would like to submit or request it for inclusion in future versions of the RTE material, please email me about it and include as many of these pieces of information as you are reasonably able to:

Chinese characters (Simplified, Traditional, or both)

pinyin (zhèyàng or zhe4yang4 are both okay) [Mandarin page]

romanization, including type (e.g. Yale, Sidney Lau, etc.) [Cantonese page]

English equivalent

source (which theo. publication, page, paragraph)

As a reminder, note that the Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Pinyin + English) Web Lookup and Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Cantonese Romanization + English) Web Lookup pages are now available as well. Rather than containing download links to the RTE data files, they each contain a web form that can be used to look up RTE information.

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

Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Referenced Theo. Expressions Pleco Instructions File Updated

The Pleco instructions file, linked to from the Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Pinyin + English) Downloads page, has been updated with instructions on how to install the pre-compiled .pqb Pleco dictionary files to the iPhone/iPod touch/iPad version of Pleco (the version released on 2010-04-28 or a later one). The pre-compiled .pqb files are much faster to set up than the .txt Pleco files, because the .txt files take quite a while to compile.

Thanks to the one who provides the pre-compiled Pleco files, and who prodded me to finally figure out how to install them. :-)

Monday, September 05, 2011

Referenced Theo. Expressions Updated to 2011-09-04 Version

The Referenced Theo. Expressions files available for download have been updated. They are available for download from the Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Pinyin + English) Downloads and Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Cantonese Romanisation + English) Downloads pages. 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 romanization are both available.

The current version is now dated 2011-09-04. It contains 13,183 entries (+5064 alternate headings), compared to the 10,882 entries (+4646 alternate headings) that were in the previous version. For the Mandarin RTE data, Pleco, Wenlin, ChinaScribe, DICT, StarDict (for ColorDict, etc.), and iSilo data files are now available in addition to the PDF files. (We have not been able to make the StarDict data files work with the StarDict program itself, but they may work with ColorDict and other programs that read the StarDict format.)

Re this update, the one who produces the RTE said:

We're up to 13,183 entries, and an average of nearly 500 pages for each of the 4 PDF files.

...

This version has again improved the Cantonese romanization. Plus it adds a bunch more names and words from publications, which I hope will help brothers' software to handle Watchtower Library's text better, and/or help interpreters of talks when the speaker has not been able to provide enough material in advance (which tends to be a situation when I'm called on to translate some obscure name or concept he found in an old publication, but I don't have time to look, so it's handy to have lots of them in the dictionary).

The old Submitting New Expressions subheading of both the Mandarin and the Cantonese download pages has been changed to the below in order to encourage more submissions and requests:

Submitting or Requesting New Expressions
If you come across a Chinese theo. expression that is not yet listed in the RTE material and you would like to submit or request it for inclusion in future versions of the RTE material, please email me about it and include as many of these pieces of information as you are reasonably able to:

Chinese characters (Simplified, Traditional, or both)

pinyin (zhèyàng or zhe4yang4 are both okay) [Mandarin page]

romanization, including type (e.g. Yale, Sidney Lau, etc.) [Cantonese page]

English equivalent

source (which theo. publication, page, paragraph)

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.

As a reminder, note that the Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Pinyin + English) Web Lookup and Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Cantonese Romanization + English) Web Lookup pages are now available as well. Rather than containing download links to the RTE data files, they each contain a web form that can be used to look up RTE information.

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

Friday, August 19, 2011

3lines.org Links Page Updated

The links page at 3lines.org has been updated.

Updated link:

The Tools: PinYin Publ.—The URL (Internet address) for this link has been updated. A while ago the brother who operated the old page sent me the files that used to be posted there, and I set up the Publications (Mandarin) page for those files, as well as other ones.

Newly added links:

Tools: Chinese Links File—This is the download page for the Theo. Chinese Links file that I produce. Yes, the version available for download there is quite old now—I am working on an update, which should soon be ready as a beta or prototype (mostly working, but unfinished) version that I can share with any who want to try it out. Email me if you wish to receive this next beta version and help test it when it’s ready.

Tools: Tiandi Info—This Links News blog (news feed) that you are now reading is for news regarding things listed in the Links file. You may also find it interesting to check out the tiandi.info blog (news feed), which is about other things related to the Chinese field. (Email me if you need login information, and include information on who referred you and/or what group/cong. you are in.)

Tools: China Scribe - (Prev. CWPS)—ChinaScribe is a Chinese dictionary program for Windows that can be used to create professional-looking Chinese documents using Microsoft Word or OpenOffice.org. The creator of this program is the brother who created CWPS. I believe most of the 3-line material now being produced is being produced with the help of either CWPS or ChinaScribe.

Tools:PinYin Typist—On an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, Pinyin Typist is the quickest and easiest way to write down how Mandarin expressions should be pronounced, using real pinyin text with tone marks. It turns typing pinyin from a pain into a pleasure. And since your iOS mobile device is probably usually with you or close by, with Pinyin Typist installed on it you’ll be able to quickly and easily type pinyin just about anytime the need arises or inspiration strikes. [Full disclosure: I am the creator of this app.]

Friday, July 29, 2011

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Referenced Theo. Expressions Updated to 2011-06-28 Version

The current version is now dated 2011-06-28. It contains 10,882 expressions, compared to the 10,100 expressions that were in the previous version. For the Mandarin RTE data, Pleco, Wenlin, ChinaScribe, DICT, StarDict (for ColorDict, etc.), and iSilo data files are now available in addition to the PDF files. (We have not been able to make the StarDict data files work with the StarDict program itself, but they may work with ColorDict and other programs that read the StarDict format.)

According to the one who produces the RTE, in addition to the hundreds of new expressions added, this update should see improvements in the Cantonese romanizations.

The Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Pinyin + English) Downloads page has been updated re the above points. Also, the old Submitting New Expressions subheading of both the Mandarin and the Cantonese download pages has been changed to the below in order to encourage more submissions and requests:

Submitting or Requesting New Expressions
If you come across a Chinese theo. expression that is not yet listed in the RTE material and you would like to submit or request it for inclusion in future versions of the RTE material, please email me about it and include as many of these pieces of information as you are reasonably able to:
Chinese characters (Simplified, Traditional, or both)

pinyin (zhèyàng or zhe4yang4 are both okay) [Mandarin page]

romanisation, including type (e.g. Yale, Sidney Lau, etc.) [Cantonese page]

English equivalent

source (which theo. publication, page, paragraph)

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.

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.

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

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Referenced Theo. Expressions Updated to 2011-05-14 Version

The current version is now dated 2011-05-14. It contains 10,100 expressions, compared to the 9859 expressions that were in the previous version. For the Mandarin RTE data, Pleco, Wenlin, ChinaScribe, DICT, StarDict (for ColorDict, etc.), and iSilo data files are now available in addition to the PDF files. (We have not been able to make the StarDict data files work with the StarDict program itself, but they may work with ColorDict and other programs that read the StarDict format.)

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

I can't believe we're over 10,000 words now. 10,100 to be precise. I got a bit carried away with Chinese Watchtower Library 2010 over the last few days.
STARDICT PROBLEMS...
FANTASDIC INSTRUCTIONS...
PRE-COMPILED PLECO FILES...

Submitting or Requesting New Expressions
If you come across a Chinese theo. expression that is not yet listed in the RTE material and you would like to submit or request it for inclusion in future versions of the RTE material, please email me about it and include as many of these pieces of information as you are reasonably able to:
Chinese characters (Simplified, Traditional, or both)

pinyin (zhèyàng or zhe4yang4 are both okay) [Mandarin page]

romanisation, including type (e.g. Yale, Sidney Lau, etc.) [Cantonese page]

English equivalent

source (which theo. publication, page, paragraph)

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.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Referenced Theo. Expressions Updated to 2011-04-19 Version, Mandarin Web Lookup Available

The Referenced Theo. Expressions files have been updated. They are 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. 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 2011-04-19. It contains 9859 expressions, compared to the 9628 expressions that were in the previous version. Pleco, Wenlin, ChinaScribe, DICT, and StarDict data files are now available in addition to the PDF files.

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

Besides the usual additions and corrections, this version of RTE adds two new formats: DICT and StarDict. These formats can be used by a great number of desktop and mobile dictionary apps on many platforms (iPhone, Android, Symbian, you name it). These applications are of varying quality and unfortunately I can't suggest any one in particular; it depends what device you got. I tested with an app called FantasDic on Ubuntu Linux 10.10.
Unfortunately DICT and StarDict do not keep their dictionaries in a single file. Two separate files are present for each format, and BOTH are required. Therefore I have packaged these in ZIP files to make it easier.
This update fixes the problem with tone marks in the Pleco English-to-Chinese version, and also has a bunch of additions etc.

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.

Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Referenced Theo. Expressions Updated to 2011-03-07 Version, Mandarin Web Lookup Available

The current version is now dated 2011-03-07. It contains 9628 expressions, compared to the 9334 expressions that were in the previous version. Pleco, Wenlin, ChinaScribe, DICT, and StarDict data files are now available in addition to the PDF files.

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

Besides the usual additions and corrections, this version of RTE adds two new formats: DICT and StarDict. These formats can be used by a great number of desktop and mobile dictionary apps on many platforms (iPhone, Android, Symbian, you name it). These applications are of varying quality and unfortunately I can't suggest any one in particular; it depends what device you got. I tested with an app called FantasDic on Ubuntu Linux 10.10.
Unfortunately DICT and StarDict do not keep their dictionaries in a single file. Two separate files are present for each format, and BOTH are required. Therefore I have packaged these in ZIP files to make it easier.

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.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Referenced Theo. Expressions Updated to 2011-01-20 Version, Mandarin Web Lookup Available

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 2011-01-20. It contains 9334 expressions, compared to the 9156 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:

Sorry I just realised that a bug in my scripts was causing certain accented letters from Czech and Russian names to disappear from the PDFs, causing these names to be spelled incorrectly. (Not just the accent was missing, but the whole letter, and there wasn't even a blank space there! This affected the PDFs but not the other formats.)
Now fixed (along with a few more additions/corrections to the words)

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.

Thursday, December 30, 2010

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

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.

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.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Referenced Theo. Expressions Updated to 2010-11-17 Version, Mandarin Web Lookup Added

The current version is now dated 2010-11-17. It contains 8744 expressions, compared to the 8614 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.

Newly available this time around is the Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Pinyin + English) Web Lookup page. 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.

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.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Referenced Theo. Expressions Updated to 2010-10-26 Version

The Referenced Theo. Expressions files, available for download from the Referenced Theo. Expressions (Chinese + Pinyin + English) 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 2010-10-26. It contains 8614 expressions, compared to the 8409 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.

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 one who helped to produce these files. Here are some comments from that person regarding this update:

“Mostly minor corrections/additions, but I’ve made some improvements to the code that makes the
by-English index, especially in Wenlin and Pleco formats. I’m hoping it will now be easier to look up common phrases while doing zero-notice translations of public talks (which I’m sometimes asked to do....)”

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Referenced Theo. Expressions Updated to 2010-09-27 Version

The current version is now dated 2010-09-27. It contains 8409 expressions, compared to the 7778 expressions that were in the previous version, and it corrects duplicate entries that appeared in one of the Pleco files of 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.

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 (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 just been rewritten for greater clarity, with more step-by-step details.

Thanks go out to the one who helped to produce these files. Here are some comments from that person regarding this update:

“There are also quite a few additions and corrections in this version, and the Cantonese renditions have been updated with a new version of the eSpeak Cantonese transliteration data.”

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