A Mysterious Message from China

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M. Henri Day
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Postby M. Henri Day » Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:57 am

Back to work, anders ! But before you go, thanks for the link - the site does indeed look to be most useful and I have therefore bookmarked it ! I myself have found Erik Peterson's On-line Chinese Tools quite handy - among other uses I turn to it when writing Chinese and/or Japanese texts, as I don't have access to IME's here and I find it takes me much less time to retrieve graphs using 拼音 than forcing my way through those available under «Symbols» in Word™....

Henri
曾记否,到中流击水,浪遏飞舟?

yurifink
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Postby yurifink » Tue Jun 14, 2005 1:40 pm

Anders said:
Yuri, that Ch/Ru site you used is interesting. Please tell me its address!
Here's URL of the dictionary:
http://www.chinese-russian.com/
Why the Чёрт do they count 0 in Число черт: 0?
Just an error -- БЕС ПОПУТАЛ!

Regards.
Nothing must be done hastily but killing of fleas

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Postby M. Henri Day » Tue Jun 14, 2005 1:50 pm

... Your mention of a paper sent to the Technical Committee was like a thunderbolt from the skies. One more mystery I'm going to solve.
A «thunderbolt from the skies» is perhaps painting it a bit thick - but have you solved the mystery ?...

Henri
曾记否,到中流击水,浪遏飞舟?

yurifink
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Postby yurifink » Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:09 pm

Yes
Nothing must be done hastily but killing of fleas

M. Henri Day
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Postby M. Henri Day » Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:33 pm

Splendid ! Please tell us about it - in general terms, of course, to protect identities....

Henri
曾记否,到中流击水,浪遏飞舟?

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Postby WonderingSpaniard » Wed Jun 15, 2005 4:47 pm

Oh, what can I say! 谢谢frank, 先生 Henri!!

I didn't even hope for so much!!

这里见你太好, frank! (if you say that...)

Well,

I admire you, people!

ma'a salaama!

WS.
Traduttore, traditore.

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Postby yurifink » Thu Jun 16, 2005 9:00 am

M Henri Day:
Splendid ! Please tell us about it - in general terms, of course, to protect identities....
it's a very comic story. I didn't find the word 沦文 (thesis, paper) in my Linguo off-line computer dictionary (a very handy but too laconic one). I found separate characters:沦 - lùn - 'perish' and 文 - wén - 'writing'. 'Perishing writing' was nonsense, and I decided that it was the name of the invited man. But in the invitation letter the name is not mentioned even once! Isn't it mysterious?

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Postby M. Henri Day » Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:08 am

... I didn't find the word 沦文 (thesis, paper) in my Linguo off-line computer dictionary (a very handy but too laconic one). I found separate characters:沦 - lùn - 'perish' and 文 - wén - 'writing'. 'Perishing writing' was nonsense, and I decided that it was the name of the invited man. ...
Somehow, Yuri, I think you'll stand a better chance of success if, insted of looking for a non-existent «沦文», you check the entry for «论文». The former is merely a typo....

Henri
曾记否,到中流击水,浪遏飞舟?

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Postby anders » Thu Jun 16, 2005 10:29 am

Some lun-atics around there?
Irren ist männlich

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Postby yurifink » Thu Jun 16, 2005 3:47 pm

If not your sharp eye, M Henri Day, this mystery would remain a mystery.
Nothing must be done hastily but killing of fleas

M. Henri Day
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Postby M. Henri Day » Fri Jun 17, 2005 2:33 am

Nothing must be done hastily but killing of fleas
Mosquitoes ?...

Henri
曾记否,到中流击水,浪遏飞舟?


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