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Handsome Siblings
Aug. 18th, 2020 11:01 pmBinged the whole 44 (!!!) episodes of Handsome Siblings on Netflix, enjoying myself enormously and learning a lot of kung fu story traditions along the way, I think (everybody spits out a mouthful of blood if they're injured in any way; everything is poisoned; ghosts!). I so want to find an English translation of the original novel.
Listened for the half a dozen words of Mandarin I know, and, in the final episode, caught 准备 Zhǔnbèi "prepare", a word which entered Korean as 준비 junbi. The subtitles of Korean shows often render it as "prepare" when it might be more naturally translated as "get ready", "bring", etc, creating an odd, stiff effect. I saw the Chinese version puzzling people on Reddit the other day, but couldn't find the posting again.
Great short behind-the-scenes thing on YouTube here.
Listened for the half a dozen words of Mandarin I know, and, in the final episode, caught 准备 Zhǔnbèi "prepare", a word which entered Korean as 준비 junbi. The subtitles of Korean shows often render it as "prepare" when it might be more naturally translated as "get ready", "bring", etc, creating an odd, stiff effect. I saw the Chinese version puzzling people on Reddit the other day, but couldn't find the posting again.
Great short behind-the-scenes thing on YouTube here.
