by Keith | Aug 11, 2023 | Language Learning 語文心得, Subtitling 字幕, Transcription 謄寫, Translation 翻譯
121. Cantonese: 屎橋 (si2 kiu4) English: Bad / poor idea Written Chinese: 餿主意 122. Cantonese: 唔show你 (m4 show nei5) English: Not entertaining you, not talking to you Written Chinese: 不理睬你 123. Cantonese: 唔抵得 (m4 dai2 dak1) English: Recalcitrant Written Chinese: 不服氣 124....
by Keith | Jun 16, 2023 | Blog, Language Learning 語文心得, Subtitling 字幕, Transcription 謄寫, Translation 翻譯
111. Cantonese: 慳水慳力 (haan1 seoi2 haan1 lik6) English: Literally saving water and energy; time-saving, energy-saving. Written Chinese: 省時省力 112. Cantonese: 請移玉步／稍移玉步 (cing2 ji4 juk6 bou6 / saau2 ji4 juk6 bou6) English: Please make a move Written Chinese: 請遷移至／請轉介至...
by Keith | Feb 17, 2023 | Blog, Language Learning 語文心得, Subtitling 字幕, Transcription 謄寫, Translation 翻譯
101. Cantonese: 死狗咁樣 (sei2 gau2 gam2 joeng6) English: Devastated; destitute Written Chinese: 落魄的樣子 102. Cantonese: 齮齮齕齕 (ji2 ji2 ngaat6 ngaat6) (More generally, gee1 gee1 gaat6 gaat6) English: Nagging; a lot of complaints / opinions Written Chinese: 嘮嘮叨叨 103....
by Keith | Nov 18, 2022 | Blog, Language Learning 語文心得, Subtitling 字幕, Transcription 謄寫, Translation 翻譯
91. Cantonese: 照肺 (ziu3 fai3) English: A screening of one’s political opinion and ideology Written Chinese: 審查政治思想、意識形態 92. Cantonese: 唔抵得 (m4 dai2 dak1) English: Recalcitrant; reluctant to submit to someone else’s view or opinion. Written Chinese: 不服氣 93. Cantonese:...
by Keith | Aug 12, 2022 | Blog, Subtitling 字幕, Translation 翻譯
1. 句中句末不出句號 No full stop in the middle or the end of a sentence. 2. 字幕檔案完全不出半型或全型句號 The SRT file shows no half-width or full-width full stop at all. 3. 逗號頓號問號感嘆號，一律使用全型 Full-width setting for comma, question mark and exclamation mark. 4. 句中可寫逗號，句末留白不寫句號逗號頓號 A comma...
by Keith | Jul 15, 2022 | Blog, Editing 編輯校對, Language Learning 語文心得, Translation 翻譯
Perhaps it has been a decade or so since the term ‘lì mǎ’ (ㄌㄧˋㄇㄚˇ)(立馬) became popular among younger Mandarin speakers. A discussion with my NTNU professor led us to come to the conclusion that young people tend to find proper terms to be opaque and ‘not cool’. The...
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