The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
What do the morphemes in the Mandarin expression meaning “Gospel” actually mean?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
How is being one of Jehovah’s valiant soldiers better than training for physical warfare for a human worldly nation?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
How much should we let it bother us that “app” has been borrowed from English into Mandarin, even being written in Latin alphabet letters? Why might it be that it’s pronounced in Mandarin by saying out its letters?
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A _Pīnyīn_ calligraphy time-lapse video has been added to the MEotW post on “_Ānnà_”. https://t.co/faHpcNbUEj pic.twitter.com/Hi5Jba5KFX
— tiandi, Links News (@TiandiLinksNews) July 11, 2024
The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
While worldly Chinese people consider Chinese calligraphy to be a precious part of their culture, what is precious about China in Jehovah’s eyes?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
What myths and misinformation about Chinese characters should Mandarin field language learners be wary of?
Screenshots from the English and Mandarin versions of the video “Protect Yourself From Misinformation”
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
How can we talk in Mandarin about how reading the Bible can seem to transport us to another time and place?
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The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:
How can we Mandarin field language learners avoid letting our Mandarin “rot”?
What happens to our Mandarin when we are faced with the Great Wall of Characters?
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A link to the video “Shàngdì Yǒu Míngzi ma?” (“Does God Have a Name?”) on jw.org has been added to many of the Good News brochure resources listed at tiandi.info/fg.
On the video’s web page, use the Choose Language drop-down list box to select what language you want to watch the video in.
The video link will gradually get added to all the Good News brochure Pīnyīn & Pīnyīn-English resources.
...is the title of a new post at tiandi.info. Here’s the text from the news feed:
Gūgu gàga? Let us grow up and learn to ride our “bicycles” well instead!
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.
...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.
I am deeply disappointed to have to inform you that the elder bodies of the Mandarin congregations in my area have withdrawn even the minimal amount of cooperation needed on their part for me to be able to continue to provide Mandarin public talk audio and video recordings on the Mandarin Public Talks Audio & Video web page.
As a result of this development, I have decided to take the Mandarin Public Talks Audio & Video web page offlline at about midnight of this Saturday night/Sunday morning (June 19/20, 2010). It has been my pleasure and my privilege for several years to help make it possible for Mandarin public talks to be presented at times and in places where it would not have been possible to do so otherwise.
Remember, Jehovah God is always available to hear the petitions of his faithful servants, including those working away in places where the need is great. (Luke 11:5-12; 18:1-8) May he continue to bless your efforts and provide whatever is needed for the development of the Chinese field in your area.
Audio and video recordings of Mandarin public talk 152 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.)
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.
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.)
Audio and video recordings of Mandarin public talk 77 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.
Note that the following section has been added to the Mandarin Public Talks Audio & Video page:
Authenticity of the Recordings
I have heard of concerns being expressed that these recordings could “easily” be altered by a malicious third party to make it appear as if the speaker were saying things that he did not actually say. While I am not sure if it is accurate to say that this would be easy to do in a way that is not obvious, or if it would still require the efforts of highly trained (and expensive) professional special effects technicians, I suppose it is theoretically possible. However, it is relatively easy to guard against such tampering:
- First, it should at least help to make sure to only use recordings downloaded directly from this page.
- Most importantly, just have a person who is qualified (both spiritually and language-wise) check each recording before it is shown, especially if it is to be shown in a Kingdom Hall.
- Each public talk recording is now only about 30 minutes long, so this check would only add about that much time to the preparation time required for each presentation.
- If a person who is qualified both spiritually and language-wise is not available, perhaps alternately someone qualified language-wise could translate the recording, either verbally or in writing, for evaluation by someone else who is spiritually qualified.
Of course, if you learn of any actual tampering with the recordings, let me know right away!
It appears that more and more, the 3-line, etc. PDF files will be used on mobile devices rather than printed out on paper. To make them more nimble and useful on such devices, the XLP-iPhone-A5 size “God’s Love” book 3-line material files available for download from the “God’s Love” Book (Chinese + Pinyin + English) page have been upgraded with PDF bookmarks and links. To show the presence of these new features, “LinkNav” (“Link Navigation”) has been added to their filenames.
The newly created PDF Link Navigation page provides more information on the LinkNav features, and includes a link to this 32-second QuickTime video screen recording (iPhone version) that shows how PDF bookmarks and links have been implemented in the LinkNav files.
Audio and video recordings of Mandarin public talk 9 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.
Note that the following section has been added to the Mandarin Public Talks Audio & Video page:
Authenticity of the Recordings
I have heard of concerns being expressed that these recordings could “easily” be altered by a malicious third party to make it appear as if the speaker were saying things that he did not actually say. While I am not sure if it is accurate to say that this would be easy to do in a way that is not obvious, or if it would still require the efforts of highly trained (and expensive) professional special effects technicians, I suppose it is theoretically possible. However, it is relatively easy to guard against such tampering:
- First, it should at least help to make sure to only use recordings downloaded directly from this page.
- Most importantly, just have a person who is qualified (both spiritually and language-wise) check each recording before it is shown, especially if it is to be shown in a Kingdom Hall.
- Each public talk recording is now only about 30 minutes long, so this check would only add about that much time to the preparation time required for each presentation.
- If a person who is qualified both spiritually and language-wise is not available, perhaps alternately someone qualified language-wise could translate the recording, either verbally or in writing, for evaluation by someone else who is spiritually qualified.
Of course, if you learn of any actual tampering with the recordings, let me know right away!
In addition to the additions to the Mandarin Public Talks Audio & Video page listed in yesterday’s post, this additional suggestion has been added:
- If a person who is qualified both spiritually and language-wise is not available, perhaps alternately someone qualified language-wise could translate the recording, either verbally or in writing, for evaluation by someone else who is spiritually qualified.
