Questions tagged [books]
Questions about books (whether printed or digital), including books that can be used as learning resources.
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What is a good Chinese Grammar book?
What is a good, comprehensive , learner friendly Chinese Grammar book, with explanations in English or German and Chinese, which also does teach phonetics and the Pinyin spelling rules?
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Is it a joke or an overstatement about 素书?
I saw the title of this book素书 yesterday and it was said to be the most wonderful book in the world(天下第一奇书) according to the author writing the introductory article. But when I inquired about this ...
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On the Chinese translation of some words "by" Christopher Columbus
In the famous biography of Christopher Columbus by Jakob Wassermann, we find in Chapter 3 the frequently cited passage:
Ich nenne mich Cristobal Colón, bin ein Seefahrer aus Genua und muß betteln, ...
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On the Chinese translation of some words by 歌德
I am curious about the official Chinese translation of a few words by 歌德. The first occurs on this webpage advertised as an aphorism, namely
Man weicht der Welt nicht sicherer aus als durch die Kunst,...
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About a passage from a published Chinese translation of Kafka's "The Trial"
According to Bing-AI, Kafka's novel "The trial" (German: "Der Prozess") was translated many times into Chinese by different translators and in different times up to only recently ...
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About a chapter title from Adolf Wölfli's 简历
In the short 简历 (Lebensbeschreibung) of Adolf Wölfli (I don't know how the name of this artist is officially transliterated in Chinese publications - if you can help with this with a reference, it's a ...
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About the Chinese translation of two passages in the notes of Laurids Brigge by Rilke
According to Bing-AI, the notes of Laurid Brigge by Rilke were translated two times into Chinese (1986 and 2007), cf. screenshot.
I am curious about the translation of two passages for my calligraphic ...
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关于荷爾德林的希波淋的一本中文版本
I found out on Baike Baidu (cf. here) that the novel Hyperion by Hölderlin is translated to 希波淋 where the author has the transcription 荷爾德林.
On the other hand, many questions are left open and I don't ...
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A question about the official Chinese translation of two passages from Nietzsche's books
It can be inferred form Wikipedia that the tilte of Nietzsche's book "Menschliches, Allzumenschliches" is officially translated as 人性的，太人性的 to Chinese (cf. Chinese Wikipedia).
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Where to officially get the videos of "New Practical Chinese Reader" (1st edition)?
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I'm enrolled on a course where we are using the "New Practical Chinese Reader" (1st edition), so I'm looking the ...
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What's the font used in the 1st edition of the book series New Practical Chinese Reader?
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The book series "新实用汉语课本" (New Practical Chinese Reader) has 6 volumes and some of those volumes have 1, 2 or 3 ...
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Are there translations of 汉字字源字典 dictionary to english?
If I will go here https://www.yw11.com/zidian/5416/
I will see this image from the book 汉字字源字典 or 汉语字源字典 (ISBN: 9787301046791)
are the there translations of this book to english?
are there high-...
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How to literally translate this: 小人书，是一种以书的形式出版的连环画?
小人书，是一种以书的形式出版的连环画。
This is the initial sentence of the Standard Course Book of HSK5, chapter 20. Please help me make the literal translation of it.
小人书(comic)，是(is)一种(a kind of)以(?)书(book)的形式(form)出版(...
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What are some free eBooks to help my kids learn Chinese?
My son, who is 6 years old, really loves learning Chinese now.
I want to find some free Chinese teaching e-books for my children. What resources did you use if you learn Chinese?
Please share it, ...
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Which book or website is recommended for learning Chinese grammar in 2022?
Yesterday I've started learning Chinese, and I've been using Duolingo only for now.
The most thing which I am irritating about Duolingo is that phonetic alphabets (Pinyin) are omited frequently in ...
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