Some Things You Might Like to See
Leave it to me to make my second entry on a new blog an index (at least it wasn’t the first entry!), but I thought I’d link to some posts at old blogs that might be of interest to you. It will also give you an idea of the sort of thing I hope to put here in the future.
Learning the Chinese Language
A Lack of Competence in the Target Language
some thoughts on translation
my translation of a Chinese story
I really do enjoy learning Chinese, and this is why…
Are You Fluent in the Language if You Don’t Know What a Plunger is Called?
you can probably guess…
Knowledge, Learning, and Wisdom
reflections on a question asked by my Chinese teacher
a discussion of the Chinese translation for logos in the Gospel of John (I’ve also posted some thoughts on translation problems in the Book of Colossians and the word “God”)
a funny story that could only really happen when using a tonal language
Fast or Slow? and Language Overload
I probably shouldn’t compare my teachers’ teaching styles, but I can’t help it
Some Interesting Interactions in China
thoughts after a poetry reading I attended in Shanghai
a fun day spent with graduate students in Shanghai, studying Early Modern English Drama
interesting thoughts I heard at a lecture in Shanghai
on a discussion a friend and I had after hearing news of a suicide in a nearby shopping center earlier in the day
Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan, The Traffic Hotel, and Landslide
my first trip to China happened a very long time ago (1993, I think, or maybe 1994), and this is where I went and some of what I did
a place worth visiting… or at least reading about
visiting a “small town” in China
Dog Days in the Middle Kingdom
a dog-lovers view of China
you don’t want to miss the big-name tourist attractions when you travel, but sometimes the best memories lie in the simplest things
The Rape of Nanjing, Sun Yat Sen, Some Troubling Thoughts About Nanjing, The Yu Hua Tai Martyr’s Museum,
thoughts after my first visit to Nanjing
Rafting in Hunan and Zhangjiajie
my travels to Hunan are amongst my fondest travel memories
I love this building in Shanghai’s People’s Square
a short passage written for my class about a day in Shanghai (it’s in Chinese)
travel with kids in China
my sister’s reaction to my translation of a Chinese children’s song
Books, Movies, and Things Like That
some good books about Shanghai
Love and Power (or is it the Love of Power?) and Lust, Caution, Men, and Women
thoughts about connections between Li An’s film Lust, Caution and Shakespeare’s Antony & Cleopatra
Shakespearean Tragedy in Asian Cinema
includes some thoughts about The Banquet (though for more, you might prefer this post at one of my other blogs)
Review of TNT Britain’s Hamlet in Shanghai
an outstanding performance in the Spring of 2008
reflections on the deceptive nature of the theatre, after having been “deceived” at a performance in Shanghai
not an entirely typical Chinese film, and quite accessible for Western audiences
Staging and Redefining and Shakespeare for a Cartoon Generation
thoughts about TNT’s performance of The Taming of the Shrew in Shanghai in October 2008
a review of the play Low Life
review of a Stephen Chow movie
review of Wang Kar Wai’s film
a very funny Chinese movie
an excellent book about Chinese cinema
one of my favorite Chinese films
a good movie about a Chinese family living in the US, and facing charges of abuse when their son suffers bruises after receiving a traditional Chinese medical treatment (half English, half Chinese)
I love this movie
Watching Foreign Movies, audio and subtitles
do you use subtitles if watching a foreign film in a language you understand?
More movie reviews:
881 (a Singapore film in Chinese)
I completely missed that you listed Kung Fu Hustle in this post. That movie is pretty great.
Yeah, I love that one, EM. Stephen Chow has a lot of great movies out.