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Ever noticed how @plecosoft uses different colors with different characters? It's actually another visual mnemonic to help with tones. Pleco's default color scheme maps to Mandarin, but you can reconfigure it to work with Cantonese... here's how! 💁

[Events] Join celebrated singer Anthony Wong for an in-person sharing about art and music at UBC on Friday, Oct 25, at 6pm. RSVP: hksi.ubc.ca/events/event/s… @UBCCantonese

Folks on the East Coast--make it if you can!

Usually we only do 2-part episodes with our @ChattyCantonese guests, but after our chat with @JenniferLFeeley, we knew we needed to reserve a whole third episode for a special topic: how to become a literary translator! 📚chattycantonese.com/2024/09/41-gue…

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Celebrating Fifteen Years of International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong @IPNHK @ 聲韻詩刊 Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine @vvpoetryhk 香港國際詩歌之夜十五週年

It's the first day of classes at Stanford and this quarter there are FOUR Cantonese language sections, plus a linguistics course! Classes are are in-person. If you're a Stanford student, there's still time to enroll 🌲📚

NEW EPISODE ALERT: EPISODE 41 IS OUT NOW! This episode features the conclusion of our conversation with @JenniferLFeeley. Here she shares some advice for anyone interested in getting into literary translation. chattycantonese.com/2024/09/41-gue… #Cantonese #hongkongliterature #香港文學

Also, if you are an academic or an active member of your local public library, don't forget to request that your university/library purchase books from small presses! It's a great way to help support literary voices that might get overlooked by major publishing houses

...and his work in English here: dungkaicheung.substack.com

We've hit 100,000 downloads while attending and presenting at the International Association of Applied Linguistics AILA 60th Anniversary World Congress in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Thank you for your support! 多謝支持 do1 ze6 zi1 ci4! Stay tuned for more great content to come! 🙇🎉

Translator's notes are one of my favorite genres of essays to read, and we were grateful that Jennifer shared more during the interview about her experience writing the one for Tongueless 🤩

And did I mention it got a ⭐️ from Kirkus Reviews? Not only do they give credit to the author, Lau Yee-Wa (劉綺華), but they also mention Jennifer's fantastic translator's note kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/l…

Wonder what it's like for secondary school teachers navigating the complexity of language politics in HK? Lau Yee-Wa's novel Tongueless gives you an eye-opening look into their world. @ChattyCantonese talked to translator @JenniferLFeeley to learn more chattycantonese.com/2024/08/40-gue…

Very much looking forward to reading this volume!

I contributed a chapter titled "Ideologically Driven Divergence in Cantonese Vernacular Writing Practices" to J-F Dupré's forthcoming book "The Politics of Language in Hong Kong", releasing Dec 2024. It is part of a new book series on Hong Kong research. routledge.com/9781032648453

Looking forward to presenting with @AlexanderFTang and @cantoblog at @AILA2024 next month in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. @ChattyCantonese