open translation and wenlin

[Guest guest]

, " James Ramholz " <jramholz>

wrote:

 

> the original Chinese should always be included with the translation

> to create an " Open Translation Standard " .

 

however, since books sales except for board reference books are no big money

for anyone, it is not possble to include the characters in a cost effective way.

Paradigm did it for the SHL, but then this book is the only thorough text on the

subject, so it was worth it because it will be the main text on this topic in

every school. Perhaps inthe next generation of e-books, this will be a simpler

matter. I would love to see all the BP modern disease texts on a fully

searchable CD-ROM with chinese characters included for all patterns, diseases,

formulas, points and symptoms/signs. I can understand that re-writing the

commentary in chinese would very laborious. but the rest should be easy

enough.

 

I would also like to see e-books of various modern chinese texts in unicode

format to be read on wenlin. If the " books " were produced with merely the

addition of a comprehensive english table of contents, it would make a great

learning tool and with wenlin, students could access useful information in a

short period of time. for example, see the TOC in mcdonald's zang fu

syndromes. then look at the simplicity of the data presented in each section.

when the data is set up as lists in a repeating format, such as pattern,

manifestations, complications, etc., one will know the context of what they are

reading and can proceed. In the process, one will learn the characters for

various symptoms, tongue and pulse, etc. We have been able to find some

classical texts in wenlin readable formats online, but without an english index,

they are not adequate for entry level immersion style learning. Can anyone

help me access the material I want in the format I need. I would be willing to

publish it myself or make it available online to rs.

 

 

It also would help

> generate more interest in the Chinese language, and make the

> original work more accessible to all students. If we don't, I'm

> afraid the original literature will remain marginalized in this

> profession--

[Guest guest]

> however, since books sales except for board reference books are no big money

> for anyone,

 

Although the profession is supposedly growing, book sales for Blue Poppy Press

(and other companies within this niche I don't feel at

liberty to name) are down substantially and have been down ever since 9/11.

 

> I would also like to see e-books of various modern chinese texts in unicode

> format to be read on wenlin.

 

Until or unless there is way to write-protect CDs to prohibit unauthorized

copying (more secure than there is right now), BPP will not

be doing any searchable CDs of our books. A) We don't believe the market is

there to validate ROI, and B) too many students and

impecunious practitioners will copy them. I know for a fact this has happened to

Giovanni's CD and I know for a fact that it happens

with our DL CDs and tapes.

 

If practitioners would like to see some of these kinds of things happen, it's

going to have to be via grants from professional and

academic organizations. That means that practitioners have to 1) join such

organizations, 2) donate to them, and 3) guide them to

making these sort of grants. For-profit companies have to make a profit or at

least break even, something that BPP only just does

(and some years doesn't, like this year).

 

Bob

[Guest guest]

, " Bob Flaws " wrote:

> Although the profession is supposedly growing, book sales for Blue

Poppy Press (and other companies within this niche I don't feel at

liberty to name) are down substantially and have been down ever

since 9/11. >>>

 

 

Bob:

 

Have you thought of putting the BP library on your website and

charging a subscription? Even when things can't be downloaded and

copied, it would be exciting to be able to search through an entire

library of CM.

 

 

Jim Ramholz