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taryn -

You will find this transcript helpful if:
1. You are a visual learner.
2. Learning to read Chinese is just as important to you as learning to speak it.
3. You don’t want to rely on pinyin.
4. You prefer a syllable-for-syllable transcript of what you’re hearing.

For the five people who fit this description, drop a line and let me know how you like it!

This transcript includes the English narrator (12pt Times New Roman) and all of the spoken Chinese
in simplified text (18pt Sim-Sun). I used 18 point for the Chinese text because I don’t know
about all the other geniuses on this board, but as a beginner I often have difficulty
distinguishing different characters apart.

This half of the transcript is 152 pages. If you’re smart and print it out double-sided,
you’ll notice that the page numbers and lesson numbers are printed on the bottom outside corners
and the times for the lessons are in 3-minute intervals on the outside margin next to the
corresponding line of dialogue.

When I get done editing the second half, I will probably go back and add pinyin at the beginning
of each lesson for the included vocabulary so that you too can become a speed-typer in Mandarin!

Lessons 16-30 were posted here.

Knock yourselves out!


Update 12 July 06 - Changes noted elsewhere in the forums have been made to the files. They are
now split up into 5-lesson sections.

Update 04 February 07 - Files have been moved to my own site: tarynstranscripts.com so I can
shamelessly beg for donations!



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student -

Thanks!










Liu Bang -

Are you planning to do the rest of the pimsleurs? That would be fantastic. Nice work, thanks.










Weronika -

Great! I like it. Of course I'm missing pinyin, but it will be good for using dictionary.

We are waiting for the continuation










gato -

According to this thread, this site has the Pimsleur transcripts:
http://ezmandarin.com/modules.php?na...article&sid=36

Have you tried this listening course from China Radio International?
http://en1.chinabroadcast.cn/2432/mo...2406more_5.htm

Or this from CCTV?
http://www.cctv.com/program/Travelin...09/index.shtml
Travel in Chinese










XiaoXi -

Its really useful to have it without the pinyin. If the pinyin is added I find myself looking at
the pinyin rather than the characters every time which is not good for learning the actual
writing. I end up having to cover up the pinyin as I read. Thanks so much for this.










Weronika -

"Have you tried this listening course from China Radio International?
http://en1.chinabroadcast.cn/2432/mo...2406more_5.htm
Or this from CCTV?http://www.cctv.com/program/Travelin...09/index.shtml"

looks like great. I'm trying hear them but downloading very slowly. For you too?










gato -

The China Radio International audio download server seems to be down for the weekend.

But the CCTV download works:
http://www.cctv.com/program/Travelin...4/101154.shtml
video
http://www.cctv.com/program/Travelin...5/100999.shtml
transcript










Weronika -

thanks, i'm trying.










taryn -

Hey gato. I did check out the ezmandarin "transcripts" but they're actually just transcriptions of
the dialogues. While that's helpful, it doesn't break the words down syllable-by-syllable like the
transcript I did.

It's a lot more helpful when you're learning how to read if you can isolate the sound of each
character as its used in each word.

As for everyone else, I'm plotting along through the rest of the lessons. They're all typed up but
I'm going back through to check for errors (of which there are many!)












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