Mandarin
Added 2018-09-08 07:00:21 +0000 UTCDo we have any Mandarin speakers handy?
I have had an offer to host/translate C&Rsenal material on bilibili and was hoping I could find someone to review a demo episode to see how the translator does.
Edit:
For anyone curious, I've had a few of these. Chinese translators asking permission to re-host our content, translated, on bilibili. I tell them that it must be a "C&Rsenal" channel that we would control and they could edit. They always just stop talking at that point. I assume they just want free content for their own channels.
This week someone actually considered the offer. Which means now I have to really think what it would mean to have a Chinese C&Rsenal channel. Our mission is to preserve and spread firearms history, so of course we want to reach a new market. However, I don't want to ask someone to work for free for OUR channel instead of their own.
So that naturally leads to us considering paying for the translation efforts (our episodes are HUGE and nuanced to translate) and for interacting with the Chinese audience. But if we're paying, well we have to evaluate what we're getting. Hence the question.
Hopefully it can be done cheaply to reach a large audience. Regardless of any financial gain from a new market (kind of unlikely with China) we really do want to get everyone possible interested in the preservation and research of historical small arms.
Comments
I thought the Sullivan law only made pistols illegal in NYC? Not up to speed on NY gun laws: life behind the Granola Curtain is complex enough! ;-)
Bruce Brodnax
2018-09-09 03:59:53 +0000 UTCMandarin is too main stream. now, Ancient Egyptian, Pashtun, Algerian Arabic, Croatian.... those I can help with
2018-09-09 01:49:20 +0000 UTCAbout the only Mandarin I can help you out with is buy you some Mandarin oranges. Sorry.
Milsurp Mike
2018-09-09 00:42:28 +0000 UTCI'd recommend translating one episode and starting a parallel chinese c&rsenal and associated patreon and having chinese fans fund the translation. "wanna see more of this? get on our patreon to translate more episodes!" sort of thing.
Andrew MacDougall
2018-09-08 22:01:31 +0000 UTCNative Mandarin speaker, huge gun nerd. Would be happy to help out.
Jeffrey
2018-09-08 21:05:53 +0000 UTCAnd, I have 60+ C&R rifles in my collection from pre WW1 to the Cold War (I have no pistol though 'cos I am in NY State. It's a pain in the neck to get the permit). I have tons of reference books in firearms and war history. And I visit museums and reenactment shows all the time. I got a certification in English/Chinese translation from the UK. Help O can help out.
2018-09-08 18:05:58 +0000 UTCI am an interpreter in English/Cantonese/Mandarin. I live in Long Island, NY. I am a big fan on milsurp and a history lover.
2018-09-08 15:30:33 +0000 UTCYou should ask any of those Chinese to help out with a General Liu rifle episode ;)
Ion
2018-09-08 15:14:13 +0000 UTCI’m a Native Mandarin Speaker! Can’t do Cantonese, but Happy to help screen any translated mandarin episodes :)
2018-09-08 13:42:35 +0000 UTCCC(P)&Rsenal ? ;-)
Spartaner 251
2018-09-08 09:31:12 +0000 UTC<a href="http://www.artofwar-tw.org/bboard/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.artofwar-tw.org/bboard/</a> there is bunch of Sino-gunlover within this site that may can help you and may try to connect this guy by person <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/Airsoftotaku" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/Airsoftotaku</a> as a Mandarin speaker myself i can tell you if trying to posting your video in bilibili maybe a idea someone never try before and as the government is gun-ban party you may just rather regarding it as a subsidy but not a main financial source as a friendly reminder Modern history of China [1912 form the rise of republic of china to the "PRC"/post-1949 shit] is a literally political minefield IMO but a pretty interesting history of firearms as well if you can do a related episode i think lots of people may really love it
2018-09-08 08:27:05 +0000 UTCI have added an edit
C&Rsenal
2018-09-08 07:27:49 +0000 UTCMy wife is a native Mandarin speaker, knows Cantonese, and also reads both traditional and simplified Chinese ... oh, and she's a BIG fan of C&Rsenal =)
Arturo Ceron
2018-09-08 07:22:44 +0000 UTC
