I translated a Chinese comic that I thought certain factions of Mastodon would enjoy.
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me: "I'm sending you a link to something I translated."
my husband: "is it more Confucius?"
me: "it is not Confucius. It is the antithesis of Confucius. It would strike Confucius dead if he saw it"
@0xabad1dea he who fart in church sit in own pew
he who stand on toilet, high on pot
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@0xabad1dea he who fart in church sit in own pew
he who stand on toilet, high on pot
if a clown farts does it smell funny?@terribletowelie I agree that would strike Confucius dead if you subjected him to it, but I'm gonna encourage you to check out an idiomatic translation of Confucius (hey I have one right here, that I wrote) and to steer away from associating him with what happens when Chinese is translated hyper-literally with a dictionary https://xn--hmr.net/classicalchinese/analects/
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@0xabad1dea ROTFL
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@twinkle "Demoness in Disguise" (妖精的伪装) is the name of this specific short; there doesn't appear to be an overall series name for the artist's many shorts, they're just labeled as being by hands2.
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@0xabad1dea 子曰： 「
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@0xabad1dea is there more to it in any capacity or is it just these 7 panels
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me: "I'm sending you a link to something I translated."
my husband: "is it more Confucius?"
me: "it is not Confucius. It is the antithesis of Confucius. It would strike Confucius dead if he saw it"
Less Confucius more confusion
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@0xabad1dea yes... ha ha ha... YES!
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me: "I'm sending you a link to something I translated."
my husband: "is it more Confucius?"
me: "it is not Confucius. It is the antithesis of Confucius. It would strike Confucius dead if he saw it"
@0xabad1dea how long did it take you to learn Classical Chinese, and did you start out knowing Mandarin already?
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@0xabad1dea how long did it take you to learn Classical Chinese, and did you start out knowing Mandarin already?
@mikesiegel I started with standard Mandarin about four years ago and gradually migrated to being more interested in Classical. Most English resources about Classical assume you already have a working knowledge of modern Chinese, so I made a website https://xn--hmr.net/classicalchinese/ which is currently still pretty small but the long-term goal is to provide information on Classical on an "interested in ancient languages" basis rather than "interested in improving my Chinese" basis
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@0xabad1dea is there a page 7 for another day?
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@0xabad1dea You thought quite correctly!! that is wholesome
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@0xabad1dea I love this. xD
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@0xabad1dea is there a page 7 for another day?
@gkrnours this author does one-shots about supernatural hijinks, but sometimes characters recur, maybe they’ll pop up later
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