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1. 2022-06-24 10:30:57

Bad Translation Puzzle: "Divided"

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COVID | COVID-19 | Shanghai | translation |
2. 2022-06-15 11:42:50

Lobby, I think

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funny | grammar | translation |
3. 2022-05-24 10:58:40

The Chinese Nickname for "Love, Death & Robots"

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Chinese characters | culture | sci-fi | translation | TV |
4. 2022-02-08 11:57:08

It's Official: Masks Disguise Weight Gain

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COVID-19 | funny | propaganda | Shanghai | society | translation |
5. 2021-12-28 12:08:55

The Two Dans of the Holiday Season

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Chinese characters | Christmas | Shanghai | translation |
6. 2021-10-14 07:24:00

Bickering Butterflies in Pleco

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funny | Pleco | translation |
7. 2021-10-08 09:56:50

The Fruits of Peace: IN YOUR FACE!

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police | propaganda | Shanghai | translation |
8. 2021-09-28 08:34:00

The Garlic Hangover

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culture | food | translation | vocabulary |
9. 2021-09-16 10:43:03

Movie Titles in Chinese: Translations or Labels?

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movies | sci-fi | translation |
10. 2021-08-18 10:33:56

Emergency Toilets (Guilin)

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funny | Guilin | translation |
11. 2021-08-13 10:11:55

The Storefront Brainstorming Gimmick

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advertising | marketing | Shanghai | translation |
12. 2021-08-11 11:25:29

The Chinese Government's Forgettable COVID Slogans

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COVID-19 | current events | propaganda | Shanghai | translation |
13. 2021-06-16 08:32:00

Shanghai Urges Residents to Get Vaccinated... via Megaphone! (audio)

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audio | COVID-19 | health | pronunciation | Shanghai | translation |
14. 2021-03-11 11:39:47

Baby Vision: not what you think

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advertising | Marvel | Shanghai | translation | TV |
15. 2020-09-08 10:12:33

Fake Lu Xun Quotes on a Truck

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grammar | Lu Xun | translation |
16. 2020-07-28 10:24:43

Doing and Sitting

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Brad | children | kids | translation |
17. 2020-05-06 11:21:51

How to Choose a Chinese Name: 4 Approaches

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Chinese name | Chinese study | culture | translation |
18. 2020-04-14 09:49:11

The Door Door

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Chinese characters | Shanghai | translation |
19. 2020-03-17 09:35:44

Unwarranted N-Word: Crimes of Song Lyric Translation into Chinese

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lyrics | QQ Music | songs | translation |
20. 2020-03-06 11:13:39

Hubei Automobile Profiling?

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coronavirus | COVID-19 | health | Shanghai | society | translation |
21. 2020-02-27 05:52:00

Combatting the Coronavirus with Punny Propaganda

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2019-nCoV | coronavirus | COVID-19 | current events | health | propaganda | puns | society | translation |
22. 2020-02-07 14:15:00

Chinese Nicknames for the Novel Coronavirus

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2019-nCoV | coronavirus | COVID-19 | current events | health | translation | vocabulary |
23. 2020-01-16 10:02:40

Shanghai's Chinese New Year Melancholy

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Chinese New Year | CNY | culture | personal | Shanghai | translation |
24. 2020-01-09 09:51:52

Happy New... uhh... Year?

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Chinese characters | fonts | translation |
25. 2019-11-21 10:32:13

Parsing "Xue Xi Qiang Guo" for the Deeper Meaning

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apps | classical Chinese | government | linguistics | propaganda | translation | vocabulary |
26. 2019-11-13 07:55:16

The Bagel Gets No Respect in China

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food | translation |
27. 2019-08-09 07:45:22

How many ways are there to ask "where are you from" in Chinese? LOTS.

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Chinese study | grammar | translation |
28. 2019-06-06 11:27:23

New Star Wars Comics in Chinese

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comics | Star Wars | translation |
29. 2019-04-02 09:38:47

This box is very afraid

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semantics | translation | vocabulary |
30. 2019-02-20 10:19:40

Cthulhu in China

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books | translation |
31. 2018-11-16 09:21:44

Shanghai Wall Wisdom

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classical Chinese | culture | morality | Shanghai | society | translation |
32. 2018-10-11 10:01:33

EF's "REAL Foreign Teachers": Progress or Dog Whistle?

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advertising | education | English | marketing | racism | Shanghai | translation |
33. 2018-09-12 09:54:35

Shanghai Subway Ads that Teach Chinese Grammar

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advertising | grammar | JD.com | Shanghai | translation |
34. 2018-09-04 08:31:40

The Value of Reading Marvel Comics in Chinese

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audio | comics | reading | translation | Zach Franklin |
35. 2018-07-26 08:45:54

The Torture of Japanese via Chinese

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Chinese | Japanese | translation |
36. 2018-06-26 10:32:03

Eat Less Meat, says Huang Xuan

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advertising | food | grammar | Shanghai | translation |
37. 2018-05-29 10:17:26

Teachers Under Attack in Advertising?

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advertising | education | English | Shanghai | translation |
38. 2018-05-03 09:56:31

Born Fried (shengjian)

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food | Shanghai | translation |
39. 2018-03-13 09:24:26

Not so clever use of "carry"

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advertising | translation |
40. 2017-02-28 09:04:29

Terrible Product Name "and" Characterplay

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advertising | characterplay | translation |
41. 2017-02-01 14:28:36

Happy Year of the Rooster

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CNY | puns | translation |
42. 2016-10-27 09:53:27

Investigations of a Bilingual 4-year-old's Riddle

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bilingualism | kids | riddles | translation |
43. 2016-10-25 09:17:58

Verbing for the Summer

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advertising | puns | translation |
44. 2016-06-14 09:17:16

Rebecca Wigs: Fake Hair, Real Me

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advertising | marketing | translation |
45. 2015-12-01 09:53:33

The Martian in China: Two Observations

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movies | translation |
46. 2015-11-05 08:03:23

Extreme Code-switching with Chinese CEOs

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language | translation |
47. 2015-10-29 09:20:03

Starbucks Hates Chinese Learners

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Chinese characters | marketing | Starbucks | translation |
48. 2015-10-08 09:45:24

A Graffiti Theory on Love

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Chinese characters | culture | translation |
49. 2015-09-01 09:50:41

McDonalds Getting its Pun on

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advertising | food | puns | tech | translation | vocabulary |
50. 2015-08-12 09:35:51

"True Detective" in Chinese is Sneaky

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entertainment | puns | translation |
51. 2015-08-06 10:55:56

Monkey King: Hero Is Back and Cultural Gaps

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culture | entertainment | literature | movies | review | translation | vocabulary |
52. 2015-06-25 10:07:07

Carefully Translate

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funny | translation |
53. 2015-06-18 10:21:58

Dragon Boat Festival: who needs the boats?

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culture | observations | translation |
54. 2015-06-11 09:51:19

The Chinese Chinese Room

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books | Chinese characters | philosophy | translation |
55. 2015-06-04 09:39:09

Baymax is "Big White"

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characterplay | Disney | entertainment | media | translation |
56. 2015-05-14 10:21:33

Far and Near, Black Eyes, and Gu Cheng

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Chinese study | grammar | poetry | translation |
57. 2015-05-07 08:56:24

Roofies, Counterfeit Money, and Firearms

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advertising | law | society | translation |
58. 2015-05-01 11:12:01

May Day Word Play

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funny | puns | translation |
59. 2015-04-22 09:37:46

Holla as "Ni Hao"

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translation |
60. 2015-02-25 11:51:57

Linking Breaking Bad to Better Caul Saul through Chinese

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entertainment | translation | TV |
61. 2014-04-01 10:54:42

The Laziest Animated Movie Title Translations Ever

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movies | translation |
62. 2014-03-20 08:55:36

Don't Let the Air In

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culture | Shanghai | translation |
63. 2014-03-04 10:17:35

Translation Challenges: Roof Repair

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engrish | translation |
64. 2014-02-25 12:00:41

Frozen's "Let It Go" in Chinese Dialects

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Disney | music | songs | translation | video | YouTube |
65. 2013-12-13 10:22:44

Chinese Pwns Shakespeare？

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history | poetry | translation |
66. 2013-10-08 09:34:23

The (Chinese) Alcohol for (Chinese) Alcoholics

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alcohol | Brendan | culture | food | marketing | Pete | translation |
67. 2013-09-19 09:22:20

Cat Crap Coffee

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coffee | culture | marketing | Shanghai | translation |
68. 2013-07-09 09:20:04

Meaningful Chinese Transliterations (for fun!)

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Chinese study | funny | translation | transliteration |
69. 2013-07-02 09:03:03

The Foreign Feel of a Chinese Transliteration

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Chinese characters | Chinese study | translation |
70. 2013-04-01 09:24:22

School's out for April Fool's Day

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funny | politics | translation |
71. 2013-01-17 08:56:17

Chinese Emotions for which There Are No English Words

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Japanese | translation | vocabulary |
72. 2012-11-29 09:05:02

Japanese Fortune Cookies in China

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ChinesePod | culture | food | Japan | marketing | translation |
73. 2012-04-13 09:57:25

The Perils of "This Week" and "Next Week"

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culture | linguistics | translation |
74. 2012-02-24 12:19:35

Translations of Butterfly (Linguistic Differences)

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funny | translation |
75. 2011-08-16 09:03:41

The Three De Song

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grammar | songs | translation |
76. 2011-08-03 08:33:13

What can save this country?

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current events | Kaixin Wang | society | translation |
77. 2011-07-27 08:55:51

Thoughts on an American Job Applicant on Chinese TV

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entertainment | interview | laowai | society | translation | TV |
78. 2011-07-21 09:07:19

United Verses

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poetry | Shanghai | translation |
79. 2011-06-14 08:56:00

On Reducing TMD Syntactic Ambiguity

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AllSet Learning | funny | grammar | language | translation | vocabulary |
80. 2011-05-31 08:47:15

12 Angry (Chinese) Men

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art | ChinesePod | entertainment | Shanghai | society | translation |
81. 2011-03-26 09:50:14

More Machine Translation Menu Fun

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chinglish | engrish | food | funny | translation |
82. 2011-02-09 10:26:29

Fat, and also Beautiful

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Chinese characters | culture | translation |
83. 2011-01-11 08:39:02

Three-Penis Liquor: the Perfect Gift

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classic | food | funny | health | translation | vocabulary |
84. 2010-10-19 08:37:33

Carl Gene is on a Roll

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other blogs | translation | vocabulary |
85. 2010-08-27 09:15:42

Jukuu is interesting

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corpus linguistics | linguistics | translation |
86. 2010-07-17 10:32:27

The Pharmacy Count

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English | funny | puns | translation |
87. 2010-04-14 21:32:21

The Big Bang Theory: Sheldon's Chinese

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funny | pronunciation | translation | TV |
88. 2010-04-06 08:27:52

Crazy Heart's Fallin' and Flyin': a Chinese Translation

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Crazy Heart | music | translation | Youku |
89. 2009-12-29 14:53:20

I'm a dinosaur, yo

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funny | movies | translation |
90. 2009-11-22 08:39:04

Updates and Links

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Chinese Book Reviews | Chinese study | David | Google | HTC Hero | iPhone | Micah | other blogs | Pete | Pleco | tech | translation | vocabulary |
91. 2009-10-20 08:20:16

Slumming it with nciku

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dictionary | funny | nciku | translation | vocabulary |
92. 2009-09-24 08:36:53

Two Perplexing Photos

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Beijing | photos | symbols | translation |
93. 2009-08-08 15:35:30

Translation with a Conscience

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elsewhere | Google | Japanese | translation |
94. 2009-06-30 22:06:45

Chinese-English Bilingual Ambigrams

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ambigrams | characterplay | Chinese characters | David Moser | translation |
95. 2009-06-08 08:55:34

Translating Mispronunciations

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translation | TV |
96. 2009-05-23 11:08:55

Learn English with Obama

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English | language | Obama | translation |
97. 2009-04-08 15:27:14

Translator Interview: Megan Shank

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interview | megan | translation |
98. 2009-04-03 10:00:01

Translator Interview: Benjamin Ross

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interview | translation |
99. 2009-04-02 10:00:05

Translator Interview: John Biesnecker

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interview | John B | translation |
100. 2009-04-01 10:00:33

Translator Interview: Joel Martinsen

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interview | translation |
101. 2009-03-31 10:00:25

Translator Interview: Peter Braden

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ChinesePod | interview | Pete | translation |
102. 2009-03-30 10:00:38

Translator Interview: Brendan O'Kane

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Brendan | interview | translation |
103. 2009-03-29 22:24:38

The Many Paths to Translation Work

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Brendan | ChinesePod | interview | John B | Pete | translation | work |
104. 2009-02-27 11:39:54

The Economist Pwned by China!

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censorship | elsewhere | tech | translation |
105. 2009-02-05 00:23:05

Where Futurama and Queen Meet

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music | the wife | translation | TV |
106. 2008-10-19 18:53:41

The Death of Handheld Electronic Dictionaries?

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Android | Chinese study | dictionary | Google | iPhone | Japanese | tech | translation | Wenlin |
107. 2008-08-24 16:35:24

Good Job, Good Boy

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animals | ChinesePod | Jenny | the wife | translation |
108. 2008-07-26 22:38:51

The Name Nazi in Chinese Translation

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translation | vocabulary |
109. 2008-04-01 08:12:03

Ninja teens or ninja teams? Ask the Chinese!

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comics | funny | translation |
110. 2008-02-12 11:53:05

Adsotrans Upgrades

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David | entertainment | tech | translation | WordPress |
111. 2007-12-11 20:32:28

Newsflash: Chinese-English Machine Translation Is Getting Better

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other blogs | translation |
112. 2007-09-10 00:09:51

Big Brother Godzilla

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Japan | Japanese | movies | translation |
113. 2007-08-10 07:54:33

Clever Ice Cream Names at Cold Stone Creamery

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food | puns | Shanghai | translation |
114. 2007-01-05 07:51:05

Micah on Chinese Movie Titles

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Baidu | Micah | movies | other blogs | translation |
115. 2007-01-03 12:20:58

Toys "Я" Us in Chinese

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advertising | translation |
116. 2006-10-22 18:57:02

Metrosexual: 9 Chinese Translations

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grad school | linguistics | Pepe | sex | translation |
117. 2006-09-29 13:47:47

Hoes Before Bros (in Chinese)

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ChinesePod | sex | translation | Wilson | women |
118. 2006-08-27 07:13:53

Chinese Style Snakes on a Plane

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DVDs | John B | movies | other blogs | the wife | translation |
119. 2006-06-25 08:30:27

Jacob's Creek

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language | marketing | translation |
120. 2006-06-20 13:24:06

Freakonomics in Chinese

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books | piracy | Shanghai | translation |
121. 2006-05-19 10:44:13

Sci-Fi Titles in Chinese

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books | Christianity | translation |
122. 2006-01-31 01:16:45

Work Work Work

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maps | translation | work | 华师大 |
123. 2006-01-10 08:43:40

Shaddap and drink yer oatmeal

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Carl | food | marketing | translation |
124. 2005-12-01 09:43:55

Shanghai Vegetable Prices

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food | Micah | other blogs | translation | vocabulary |
125. 2005-11-26 06:25:27

Cold as Poison

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Brad | food | funny | health | translation |
126. 2005-11-21 08:09:18

Chinese Breakup

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romance | translation |
127. 2005-11-12 08:56:48

All Apologies

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culture | girlfriend | romance | translation | women |
128. 2005-11-03 10:31:29

blog中文翻译

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CBL | Chinese Book Reviews | elsewhere | internet | other blogs | tech | translation |
129. 2005-08-24 07:50:39

Wedding in Changchun

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culture | John B | translation | ZUCC |
130. 2005-08-02 07:00:59

The name "Baidu"

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Baidu | elsewhere | language | translation |
131. 2005-03-08 23:26:41

Bitch Day

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culture | language | translation |
132. 2005-01-26 01:15:59

Murakami Haruki

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books | celebrities | entertainment | Japanese | Micah | translation |
133. 2004-12-24 00:39:13

Christmas Calvin & Hobbes

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comics | entertainment | language | translation |
134. 2004-11-15 13:21:14

Calvin & Hobbes in Chinese!

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comics | entertainment | girlfriend | language | translation |
135. 2004-02-24 21:28:06

Lost in Translation: Thoughts

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entertainment | funny | girlfriend | Japanese | movies | translation |
136. 2004-02-05 23:46:45

Translating, Lantern Festival

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culture | Japanese | translation | work |
137. 2003-10-27 21:45:34

"Catch and Kill Bill"

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Chinese study | culture | DVDs | movies | translation | vocabulary |
138. 2003-04-11 22:41:58

New DVDs

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celebrities | DVDs | entertainment | girls | piracy | translation |