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Today in ancient anecdotes about being a level-headed politician:

After Duke Wen of Jin took over, some disgruntled ministers decided to burn down the palace and do a little dukeicide. The Eunuch Pi (who had previously tried to assassinate the new Duke not once but twice) requested an urgent audience with his lordship to report this.

The Duke refused him entry: “At the Battle of Pu City, your lord commanded you to arrive within a day, and you appeared instantly. Later, when I was hunting with the Lord of Di by the river, you were ordered to kill me within three days and you made it in just two. For someone who was ‘just following orders,’ doesn’t that sound awfully eager? I still have the sleeve you cut off LAST time, jackass. Off is the direction in which you may fuck!”

The eunuch replied: “You MUST have figured out by now the relationship between a minister and lord. If not, your reign will be short indeed. We cannot serve two masters; this has always been how it works. If your lord hates someone, your job is to do something about it — this Pu tribe, that Di guy, whatever. Now that you’re in charge, is there never gonna be a “this” tribe or “that” guy again? The Duke of Qi promoted the guy who shot him to his right-hand man. If there’s a change up top, how is it a sin to have been loyal to the previous lord? That includes pretty much everybody — why single me out?”

The Duke of Jin relented and heard him out.

from the Zuozhuan, translation mine #classicalchinese #translation #localization #history

Today in ancient anecdotes about being a level-headed politician:

After Duke Wen of Jin took over, some disgruntled ministers decided to burn down the palace and do a little dukeicide. The Eunuch Pi (who had previously tried to assassinate the new Duke not once but twice) requested an urgent audience with his lordship to report this.

The Duke refused him entry: “At the Battle of Pu City, your lord commanded you to arrive within a day, and you appeared instantly. Later, when I was hunting with the Lord of Di by the river, you were ordered to kill me within three days and you made it in just two. For someone who was ‘just following orders,’ doesn’t that sound awfully eager? I still have the sleeve you cut off LAST time, jackass. Off is the direction in which you may fuck!”

The eunuch replied: “You MUST have figured out by now the relationship between a minister and lord. If not, your reign will be short indeed. We cannot serve two masters; this has always been how it works. If your lord hates someone, your job is to do something about it — this Pu tribe, that Di guy, whatever. Now that you’re in charge, is there never gonna be a “this” tribe or “that” guy again? The Duke of Qi promoted the guy who shot him to his right-hand man. If there’s a change up top, how is it a sin to have been loyal to the previous lord? That includes pretty much everybody — why single me out?”

The Duke of Jin relented and heard him out.

from the Zuozhuan, translation mine #classicalchinese #translation #localization #history

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Does anyone who knows traditional #chinese feel like translating something for no money and no reason except my curiosity?
It's these three images. They are from a book called Literary Works of the Tsengs (Tseng Ke Tuan, 1963). I have had this for many years, for very random reasons. There are only a few large images like this in the book, I think; the rest is fairly dense Chinese text. Maybe they are title pages or maybe fancy family mottoes... my knowledge of Chinese is zero.

If you know what these are, I'd be grateful for your knowledge.

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I have now added more than 600 translations of German folk tales to my wiki, and I feel pretty good about that.

203 further tales to go... (as of this writing, but the list keeps growing).

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Category:Folk_Tale

Does anyone who knows traditional #chinese feel like translating something for no money and no reason except my curiosity?
It's these three images. They are from a book called Literary Works of the Tsengs (Tseng Ke Tuan, 1963). I have had this for many years, for very random reasons. There are only a few large images like this in the book, I think; the rest is fairly dense Chinese text. Maybe they are title pages or maybe fancy family mottoes... my knowledge of Chinese is zero.

If you know what these are, I'd be grateful for your knowledge.

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"The Luminous Fairies and Mothra," translated to English for the first time, shows how the movie monster was a vehicle for contemplating the concerns of the age. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/01/11/books/mothra-book-english/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #books #mothra #godzilla #anpoprotests #tohostudios #translation

finished translating the second chapter of the Analects. I should probably go ahead and get the website up soon and not insist that it's completely finished first. #classicalchinese #translation #localization #philosophy

the shaming of the James Legge translation of the Analects will continue until morale improves (good translations my own 😌 )

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The deadline for abstract submissions to the #Translation in Transition 2026 conference at @ #RWTHAachen has been extended to January 12. So, you still have a few days' time for your submission to our workshop on #transfer activities and projects!

finished translating the second chapter of the Analects. I should probably go ahead and get the website up soon and not insist that it's completely finished first. #classicalchinese #translation #localization #philosophy