I haven't been able to dig terribly deep into this, but I find this fascinating. I've been learning Mandarin and Japanese on and off over the years, and this is always the sort of thing that I wished I had.
The other was word for word translations of popular TV shows along with cultural notes. I remember watching a show called My Own Swordsman (武林外传) pretty regularly while living in Shanghai, and while I could follow the gist of some conversations, so much of what made it funny were cultural puns that I just couldn't grep.
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I haven't been able to dig terribly deep into this, but I find this fascinating. I've been learning Mandarin and Japanese on and off over the years, and this is always the sort of thing that I wished I had.
The other was word for word translations of popular TV shows along with cultural notes. I remember watching a show called My Own Swordsman (武林外传) pretty regularly while living in Shanghai, and while I could follow the gist of some conversations, so much of what made it funny were cultural puns that I just couldn't grep.
Still enjoyed watching it though.