It’s better to have her speaking Mandarin, it makes it clear she doesn’t speak the language and more importantly, Edmund doesn’t understand her or Xiu Mei.
I’d put an English translation in a little box as a footnote.
Unfortunately I can’t find an online translator that understands pinyin, most incorrectly identify the text as Vietnamese.
Ryan Gindlesperger
Deeply appreciate the input.
It’s a little nutters of me to be trying to portray a lot of what these kids are going through with my limited scope. I’ll be making this change (hopefully) pretty soon.
5 thoughts on “Chicken Fried Kandy”
All-Purpose Guru
They probably have had KFC before. There is a KFC restaurant INSIDE the Summer Palace. Blew my mind.
All-Purpose Guru
Ugg, now I gotta find a Pinyin translator.
Ryan Gindlesperger
I probably should have just translated that on-page xD
It’s supposed to be “Are you okay back there?”
All-Purpose Guru
It’s better to have her speaking Mandarin, it makes it clear she doesn’t speak the language and more importantly, Edmund doesn’t understand her or Xiu Mei.
I’d put an English translation in a little box as a footnote.
Unfortunately I can’t find an online translator that understands pinyin, most incorrectly identify the text as Vietnamese.
Ryan Gindlesperger
Deeply appreciate the input.
It’s a little nutters of me to be trying to portray a lot of what these kids are going through with my limited scope. I’ll be making this change (hopefully) pretty soon.