onebir Posted May 12, 2007 at 02:45 AM Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 at 02:45 AM I bought the vcds, but actually following what they're saying takes me a loong time (about 3 hours per 45 min episode). Although there are subtitles, there are quite a lot of characters I don't recognise, & looking these up takes ages. I found the plot summary threads, which help clear things up at times, but if anyone knows of a transcript of the subtitles in digital form (for copy-paste into zdt), it'd be great... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted May 13, 2007 at 03:02 PM Report Share Posted May 13, 2007 at 03:02 PM You should be able to find the book in a nearby bookstore. A lot of the dialogue is similar. Obviously it's not exact, but it's close enough to be helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mugi Posted May 14, 2007 at 02:28 AM Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 at 02:28 AM I bought the vcds, but actually following what they're saying takes me a loong time (about 3 hours per 45 min episode). Although there are subtitles, there are quite a lot of characters I don't recognise, & looking these up takes ages. 3 hours for a 45min episode is pretty good going! How fast are you expecting to do it in? If anything, I would discourage you from finding transcripts if your intention is to use the series to help learn or improve your Chinese. The effort you need to put into looking up a character (word) you see on screen in a paper dictionary is much greater than copying one from a digital file and pasting it into an online dictionary, and as such the former should stay with you longer. You might find yourself spending 10 min trying to find a character or looking up the same thing 3 or 4 times, but when it's as easy as "copy, paste, click", you're bound to end up looking up the same thing 10 times before you finally manage to commit it to memory. At least that's been my experience. If you're wanting to translate the dialog into English, then that would be a different story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onebir Posted May 14, 2007 at 02:29 AM Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 at 02:29 AM You should be able to find the book in a nearby bookstore. Didn't think of that - thanks! (In fact, didn't even know there was a book!) What'd really speed things up though would be being able to use chinese pera-pera kun / zdt to find words I don't know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onebir Posted May 14, 2007 at 02:36 AM Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 at 02:36 AM 3 hours for a 45min episode is pretty good going! How fast are you expecting to do it in? The faster the better. As a non-writer, looking some up quickly electronically multiple times would be a pretty good way of reinforcing it. But it looks like no online transcript exists, so this is all academic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted May 14, 2007 at 04:28 AM Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 at 04:28 AM Couldn't find the subtitles as a separate file, but the text and an audio version of the book are both available online. http://book.sina.com.cn/nzt/1093517918_lihun/index.shtml 中国式离婚 http://lib.verycd.com/2005/11/30/0000077332.html 《中国式离婚》有声读物 孙洋 浩然播讲 34回 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted May 14, 2007 at 04:43 AM Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 at 04:43 AM If you can't find it in a bookstore, it's not too hard to find electronic copies on the web. The author's name is 王海鸰. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onebir Posted May 15, 2007 at 02:22 AM Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 at 02:22 AM Thanks guys! I'm not ed2k (edonkey?) savvy at the moment, but I'm sure the e-texts'll come in handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlk123 Posted May 15, 2007 at 05:10 PM Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 at 05:10 PM Hello Today I read in Internet this message about "Chinese Style Divorce": " .. Amazingly, there are even websites devoted to the translation and analysis of the script." Do you know which websites? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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