Jiaming Zheng
@jiamingzheng.bsky.social
Manchu ｜ Translator Durham University alumni
Interested in Translation Dialects Linguistics Sociolinguistics Ethnography History
Interested in Translation Dialects Linguistics Sociolinguistics Ethnography History
All the Light We Cannot See. Good read for now.
November 7, 2023 at 8:45 AM
All the Light We Cannot See. Good read for now.
The first time I see Mulan Paddock translated from 木兰围场 (Mulan Weichang Manchu Mongolian Autonomous County Manchu:ᠸᡝᡳ ᠴᠠᠩ ᡥᡳᠶᠠᠨ Mongolian:ᠸᠧᠢ ᠴᠠᠩ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ), my hometown.
I wonder peoples thoughts on these two different types of translation in English word and Chinese Pinyin.
I wonder peoples thoughts on these two different types of translation in English word and Chinese Pinyin.
October 30, 2023 at 7:09 AM
The first time I see Mulan Paddock translated from 木兰围场 (Mulan Weichang Manchu Mongolian Autonomous County Manchu:ᠸᡝᡳ ᠴᠠᠩ ᡥᡳᠶᠠᠨ Mongolian:ᠸᠧᠢ ᠴᠠᠩ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ), my hometown.
I wonder peoples thoughts on these two different types of translation in English word and Chinese Pinyin.
I wonder peoples thoughts on these two different types of translation in English word and Chinese Pinyin.
An Atlas of Alexander Ellis's The Existing Phonology of English Dialects
English Dialect Districts & Lowland Dialect Districts
English Dialect Districts & Lowland Dialect Districts
October 28, 2023 at 6:21 PM
An Atlas of Alexander Ellis's The Existing Phonology of English Dialects
English Dialect Districts & Lowland Dialect Districts
English Dialect Districts & Lowland Dialect Districts
Blurry portait preferred
October 28, 2023 at 5:49 PM
Blurry portait preferred
The Putuo Zongcheng Temple
(also known as Little Potala Palace).
‘普陀宗乘’ PǔTuóZōngChéng Tibetan: གྲུ་འཛིན་་་བསྟན་པའི་རྩ་བའི་ལྷ་ཁང༌། is the Chinese translation of Tibetan word ‘Potala’.
From the gate you would never guess what you are going to see on top of the mountain.
(also known as Little Potala Palace).
‘普陀宗乘’ PǔTuóZōngChéng Tibetan: གྲུ་འཛིན་་་བསྟན་པའི་རྩ་བའི་ལྷ་ཁང༌། is the Chinese translation of Tibetan word ‘Potala’.
From the gate you would never guess what you are going to see on top of the mountain.
October 27, 2023 at 5:16 AM
The Putuo Zongcheng Temple
(also known as Little Potala Palace).
‘普陀宗乘’ PǔTuóZōngChéng Tibetan: གྲུ་འཛིན་་་བསྟན་པའི་རྩ་བའི་ལྷ་ཁང༌། is the Chinese translation of Tibetan word ‘Potala’.
From the gate you would never guess what you are going to see on top of the mountain.
(also known as Little Potala Palace).
‘普陀宗乘’ PǔTuóZōngChéng Tibetan: གྲུ་འཛིན་་་བསྟན་པའི་རྩ་བའི་ལྷ་ཁང༌། is the Chinese translation of Tibetan word ‘Potala’.
From the gate you would never guess what you are going to see on top of the mountain.
Red colour all faded away
October 27, 2023 at 4:53 AM
Red colour all faded away
Saw this linguistic map of alternative terms for the free 'scraps' you get from a chippy (leftover pieces of fried batter) on Reddit (Credit: The_Language_Archive). Quite curious about more regional corrections and suggestions.
I’d love some haddock and chips with curry sauce and some scraps now.
I’d love some haddock and chips with curry sauce and some scraps now.
October 25, 2023 at 12:11 PM
Saw this linguistic map of alternative terms for the free 'scraps' you get from a chippy (leftover pieces of fried batter) on Reddit (Credit: The_Language_Archive). Quite curious about more regional corrections and suggestions.
I’d love some haddock and chips with curry sauce and some scraps now.
I’d love some haddock and chips with curry sauce and some scraps now.
Stunning view of dawn and stars from the tiny hamlet where I was born. Haven't experienced these for the past 20 years, invoking both familiar and unfamiliar emotions.
Still can't believe I lost my grandpa forever. He will be witnessing this beauty from where he's resting now
Still can't believe I lost my grandpa forever. He will be witnessing this beauty from where he's resting now
October 15, 2023 at 2:51 PM
Stunning view of dawn and stars from the tiny hamlet where I was born. Haven't experienced these for the past 20 years, invoking both familiar and unfamiliar emotions.
Still can't believe I lost my grandpa forever. He will be witnessing this beauty from where he's resting now
Still can't believe I lost my grandpa forever. He will be witnessing this beauty from where he's resting now
Work overnight, last project finished with my great friends. Best team creates the best cinematic set design and visual production.
October 5, 2023 at 2:02 PM
Work overnight, last project finished with my great friends. Best team creates the best cinematic set design and visual production.
Starting my book collection with the incredible Bill Bryson! Any other must-read recommendations to add to my list?
September 27, 2023 at 7:13 AM
Starting my book collection with the incredible Bill Bryson! Any other must-read recommendations to add to my list?
An encounter of history: Three steles in four languages - Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan, and Chinese - recorded how the Potala Palace Chengde was planned to be constructed in 1767 and how the Torghut migrated back to Dzungaria and western Mongolia under the Qing government in 1771.
September 25, 2023 at 5:50 PM
An encounter of history: Three steles in four languages - Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan, and Chinese - recorded how the Potala Palace Chengde was planned to be constructed in 1767 and how the Torghut migrated back to Dzungaria and western Mongolia under the Qing government in 1771.