Multilingual multimedia and me

[muckefuck]

Languages I Want To Learn...

...To Read Books

• Standard Chinese
• Korean
• French
• Russian
• Persian

...To Listen To Music

• Welsh
• Punjabi
• Turkish
• Brazilian Portuguese
• Maghrebi Arabic
• Italian
• Mande
• Latin

...To Watch Films

• Cantonese
• Japanese
• Hindi
• Thai

Postscript: The other night watching Fearless, I thought After monshu goes to bed, I'll watch it again with Chinese subtitles instead of English--forgetting, for the umpteenth time, that NetFlix DVDs don't come with Chinese subtitles for HK films. Dammit! I got so spoiled watching the original HK versions in theatres and on tape, which always had English subtitles side-by-side with the Chinese, so no matter how dull the film was, I always had something to keep me distracted.

Comments

[hkitsune.livejournal.com]

I should be doing some sort of paid work with a Persian website. The guy's really interested in Persian literature, so if you want I can send you the link when I've fixed the website up a bit more. :]

[wiped.livejournal.com]

sorry to butt in, but i'd love if you passed the link along to me as well :)

[exentric.livejournal.com]

Latin in music? No way. That's insane. Apparently the chick saying for Sting in Desert Rose has a Maghrebi kinda thing going on.

Saw Fearless, wasn't that bad. Not exactly original though. He reminds me of Hercules. That kind of archetype.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Dude, that "chick" is named Mohammed. He's one of the artists I wouldn't mind being able to understand when he sings.

[exentric.livejournal.com]

...No way.
Now that I'm re-listening to it, yeah, it is a guy. I've always assumed it was a girl with a very full, throaty and sensual kinda voice. Like an Arabic Celia Cruz.

$hit man. O_O
I'm still shocked.

[joliecanard.livejournal.com]

I, too, would love to learn Maghrebi Arabic for Cheb Mami.

[snowy-owlet.livejournal.com]

If you read Quiet Flows the Don in Russian before I do, I will knock myself in the head.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I've still got my English-language copy handy for whenever you want to go head-to-head!