Although China was fascinating, I also saw many poor aspects. ... Also, at Lutheran I was able to bond with many and I translated for a patient in need. ... During my time of volunteering, I had to translate for one lady. ... Volunteering at Lutheran Medical Center and visiting China was a lifetime experience. ... Also, I had special bonds with the nurses and the patient I translated for. ...
Why squander millions of taxpayer's dollars for ballots to be translated with a high possibility of translation errors? ... Chances are that the translation doesn't come out to great either. In New York City's 1993 Chinese ballot erroneously printed the Chinese character for no as a translation for yes. But the worst translation of all is oral translation. ... The translations have large errors and help for fraud too. ...
They endeavoured to acquire the knowledge of previous civilizations by obtaining Egyptian, Babylonian, Indian, Chinese, Farsi, Armenian, Hebrew and Roman texts and translating them into Arabic. ... At the same time as acquiring knowledge, the Islamic civilization was able to disperse it, because it had procured the art of paper-making from the Chinese. ... Translating more Arabic texts in Latin, we began to learn. ... We learned "our" Greek heritage by translating the Arabic translations into Latin. ... When translated into Latin, it caused a sensation in Europe - 310 years later. ...
He translated the writings of Galen, Dioscorides and Aristotle. One of his most impressive translations were the De Materia de Medica. ... Humayun translated it into Arabic. This look then came to Europe when it was translated into latin. ... During Islam's expansionist period (610 - 1450) at Talis river Islamic forces won the battle and captured two Chinese papermakers. ...
In the following poem, the boy who was Whitman himself in youth translated the meaning of the songs that he-bird sang. ... "The rest might not, but I have treasur"d every notes," Is the translation real or right? ... It is like Chinese said "Play is life, life is play." ...
I took English classes in some English courses in Kediri-, a city far from my hometown where people from different cities around Indonesia come to learn foreign languages like English, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. ... Some that I remember the titles are Grammar for Beginners, Speaking for Beginners, Vocabulary and Expression, English for Kids, Learning English through Singing (Kid Songs in Indonesian that I translated into English), and Commonly Used English Expressions. Besides writing, I sometimes get a translation job, mostly translating English into Indonesian. The most difficult...
Little is known about the origins of the Tao, Taoists believe that while passing through the hills of China, a bridge keeper asked Lao-Tzu to write a book containing his thoughts and beliefs. ... When translated, Tao Te Ching means "The Classic Way and Virtue", Tao meaning way or path, Te meaning virtue, and Ching meaning classic(1). ... While there, Lao-Tzu (then known as Li Er) studied Chinese history, philosophy, and other works of classic Chinese literature. ...
Tang Dynasty: Background As part of Group 13's studies on the music in China, I went ahead and picked the Chinese metal group, Tang Dynasty. ... Tang Dynasty was a band that was founded in 1988 by two Chinese locals as well as a Chinese American oversea student. ... And although they had mimicked the styles of Western heavy metal performances, they are most widely known in the PRC (People's Republic of China) as a "heavy metal band with a splash of China. " Tang Dynasty had a high sense of Chinese pride and was a symbol of native masculinity, and thus wanted to further exempli...
Both books are about Chinese-American culture, but different in may ways. ... Her other two books, The Kitchen God's Wife and The Hundred Secret Senses, have also appeared on the New York Times bestseller list, and all her works have been translated into many different languages. ... Her novels could relate to lots of Chinese-American people. I n order to write a "true" story in a novel, she would take lots of time to explore Chinese history in China, especially around the time her mother would have lived as a young women. Her books are not intended to characterize traditional Chine...
It started in India and traveled into central Asia and continued on into Korea and Japan becoming one of the major religions in all of central China. By the ninth century nine-tenths of the population in northwest China was converted to Buddhism. ... When Buddhism was first presented to the Chinese, it was done so under the influence of the Taoist who used their own vocabulary for the translations. ... Buddhism reached its peak in China around 700 C.E. ... Buddhism never really recovered as the central religion of China. ...
In this language "Sanatana" means Everlasting and "Dharma" , by a crude translation means Religion. ... The Almighty - "OM poornamadam Poornaad poornamudachyate; poornasya poornamaadaaya poornamevaavashisyate" is translated to mean " what is whole - this is whole - what has come out of the whole is also whole; when the whole is taken out of the whole, the whole still remains whole". ... Buddhism is primarily worshipped in china, Korea, and in that area....
The talking duck landed in Beijing, China and it aged 47 years by the time it landed. The duck waddled across China yelling "Ching chinky chong chooey," which, when translated, means: "AFLAAAAAC!" It was all going fine until one particular Chinese restaurant was running out of stray cat for their poo poo platter (hahahahaha). ... The duck decided to steal a Chinese navigator's boat. ... A democracy, an equal opportunity country, but above all a brotherhood of Chinese and squirrels. ...
TAO TE CHING: A Literary Analysis Essay The book Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu, and translated by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English, is a book about Lao Tsu's feelings on life and taoism. ... According to chinese legend, he was riding off to die in the desert because he was sick of how men were on this earth and sick of how they acted, but was persuaded by a northwestern China gatekeeper to write down his teaching for prosperity. ...
Have you ever had been in a situation where you had to translate for your family member so another peer could understand? ... With her Mother from China, English is not the first language spoken. ... I had to translate for my mother saying that she is asking where to exit. ...
Clair was one of those daughters; half Chinese and half English-Irish. ... This is first seen Ying-ying's baby dies, but Lena's father not understanding what Ying-ying is saying turns towards Lena to translate: "How could I tell him she was crazy? So this is why I translated for him; "She says we must all think very hard about having another baby. ...
Bauddha Dharma (Buddhism) can be translated as "religion of the buddha" or "way of buddha". ... "All buddhists are vegetarians" Monk translates to beggar in sanskrit. ... It has gone from a small portion of Japanese and Chinese Immigrants on the west coast to being a religion practiced by millions of americans throughout the country. ...
He later worked (at his father's request) on an English translation of Theologia naturalis and in the last 15 years of his life he also completed the three volumes of personal reflections which comprise his famous Essays. ... We tend to blame Marx and Lenin for the formation of the Soviet Union, and Mao Tse-tong for the formation of communist China and to assign less credit than we should to the rebellious peoples who helped bring it about. ...
She told him voy en camino which translates to I'm on my way, but if you are from Mexico or if you're related to our culture you know that does not mean that you are literally on your car driving towards work, it just means that you are soon to be on your way. ... When I worked for a small company here in San Antonio the owner had a problem with a Chinese delegate, not because of the language but because he did something that in their culture is perfectly normal and he took it as an insult. ...
When the design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was unveiled in 1981, some people praised its healing qualities, its accessibility, and its quiet power. Others called it a black bat, a boomerang, a hole in the ground. One vexed vet lost his cool before the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts and brand...
