User talk:L-native

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Again, welcome! Wyang (talk) 08:06, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Translations into Chinese

Hello,

Please note that translations should be split into separate words - no comments, brackets should be inside translations:

Your translation in diff, which I have reverted:

• Chinese:

  减轻，缓和（痛苦）

Fixed, the way it should be - split, with transliterations, trad/simplified forms:

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 減輕／减轻 (zh) (jiǎnqīng), 减轻 (zh) (jiǎnqīng), 緩和／缓和 (zh) (huǎnhé), 缓和 (zh) (huǎnhé) (e.g. sufferings)

There are other tricks but these are the basics. More here: Wiktionary:About Chinese#Translations into Chinese lects. --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 02:50, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Please also see how translations should be added in diff by User:Justinrleung:

Your translation: 滑稽的，荒唐的 (your translation)

Justin's: 滑稽的 (huájī de), 荒唐的 (huāngtáng de)

A few other of your previous translations have been corrected. I am sure you can learn too, if you pay attention. :) --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 03:23, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Anatoli,

I am not sure whether you will read this further message. Still getting familiar with the functions here.

First, it is a verb, right? Then, pinyin is never a part of the input method. Rarely some native speakers of Chinese use the pinyin in typing, so this will probably leave to you guys :)

-- Mr. L (Talk / Contrib) 07:29, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

@Atitarev Name issue fixed. Thank you for showing me many tricks. :) -- Mr. L (Talk / Contrib) 07:31, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

I am a learner, not a native speaker, so I started with pinyin like most learners. We only need it for getting the pronunciation right. Over time I used a number of tools but I'm not sure what is the best I can recommend. Other editors made suggestions on my talk page. Many are no longer available or expensive, like Wenlin software. You can copy from [1] or other online dictionaries. I don't think there are industrial pinyin input methods. Some people here started with have separate pages where they save characters they frequently need, e.g. you can have User:L-native/Pinyin with tone marks. I have just saved it with vowels with macrons. You can add all characters you need and copy/paste from it. --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 09:35, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

You can also seek technical help on WT:GP. --Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 09:37, 30 October 2018 (UTC)