Archive for the ‘Computer’ Category

Wanted: Chinese Name Gender Reference

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

I sometimes get emails from Chinese people that are friends of friends, or someone I've never actually met, and I'm not really sure if it's a boy or girl.  There was no way to know ahead of time because it was always "tā" when my friend mentioned "tā," and I ...

Nciku.com - My Review

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

I've been getting more and more requests to mention www.nciku.com, so now I finally am. Before I even start, I have to say it's a really, really hard website name to remember, which is a shame because there are some good things on it.  This will not be a comprehensive review, ...

Google Translation Bot

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

I just read an article that introduced me to a wild new thing: a Google Chat Chinese translation bot. What in the world is a translation bot?! I didn't know either. If you use Google Talk (which could be the chat program built in to Gmail or the stand-alone ...