Saturday, July 16, 2011

My Chinese story

This is a story I've been writing for Chinese class.  The story is a summary of a novel I'm working on (in English).  To avoid spoilers, I've changed some of the details.  Below is part 1.

苍鹭的故事
Heron's Story

从前在一个遥远的国家有一个男人叫苍鹭。 他跟他的爸爸一起遨游
Cóngqián zài yīge yáoyuǎn de guǒjiā yǒu yīge nán rén jiào Cānglù. Tā gēn tāde bàbà yīqī áoyóu,
Long ago in a faraway country there was a man named Heron.  He and his father wandered around,
帮助人们,也做英雄的事。 但是他的妈妈不跟他们一起遨游,
bāngzhù rénmen, yé zuò yīngxióng de shì. dànshi tāde māma bù gēn tāmen yīqī áoyóu
helping people and doing heroic things.  But his mother didn't travel with them, 
因为苍鹭的时候,他的妈妈离开,再也没回来。苍鹭不知道他的
yīnwèi Cānglù liǎng suì de shíhou, táde māma líkāi, zài yé méi huí lái. Cānglù bù zhīdào tāde
because when Heron was two years old, his mother left, and didn't return.  Heron didn't know 
妈妈在哪儿, 不知道怎么找妈妈。
māma zài nǎr, bù zhīdào zěnme zhǎo māma.
where his mother was, and didn't know where to find her.


一天苍鹭的爸爸出去以后,也回来。苍鹭想要找爸爸,不过不知道怎么办。
Yītiān Cānglù de bàba chūqù yǐhòu, yé méi huí lái. Cānglù xiǎngyào zhǎo bàba, bùguò bù zhīdào zěnme bàn.
One day Heron's father went out, and he also didn't return.  Heron wanted to find his father but he didn't know what to do.
在这儿里找过爸爸,在那儿里找过, 那儿都没有找到爸爸。
zài zhèr lǐ zhǎoguò bàba, zài nàr zhǎoguò, nàr dōu méi yǒu zhǎodào bàba.
He looked here and he looked there, but he couldn't find his father anywhere.
苍鹭找爸爸的时候, 他见到了两个人,一个是男的,叫葱绿刀
Cānglù zhǎo bàba de shíhou, tā jiàndào le liǎngge rén, yīge shì nánde, jiào Cōnglǜ Dào,
While Heron was looking for his father, he met two people, one was a man called Verdant Blade,
一个是女的,叫冬月。 他们都是璀璨黎明派的弟子。
yīge shì nǚde, jiào Dōng Yuè. Tāmen dōu shì Cuǐcàn Límíng Pài de dìzǐ.
 one was a girl named Winter Moon.  Both of them were disciples of the Respledent Dawn School.
葱绿刀真像苍鹭。 冬月是很漂亮的美人。
Cōnglǜ Dào zhèn xiàng Cānglù. Dōng Yuè shì hěn piàoliang de měirén.
Verdant Blade looked a lot like Heron.  Winter Moon was a very pretty young lady.
苍鹭非常喜欢那两个人。 葱绿刀也很喜欢苍鹭
Cānglù fēicháng xǐhuan nà liǎngge rén. Cōnglǜ Dào yé hěn xǐhuan Cānglù.
Heron liked these two people very much.  Verdant Blade also really liked Heron.
苍鹭葱绿刀马上朋友。 不过开始的时候冬月有一点不喜欢苍鹭
Cānglù Cōnglǜ Dào mǎshàng chéng péngyou. Bùguò kāishǐ de shíhou Dōng Yuè yǒu yīdiar bù xǐhuan Cānglù.
Heron and Verdant Blade immediately became friends.  But at first Winter Moon disliked Heron a little bit.

葱绿刀苍鹭跟他们一起去璀璨黎明派的房子见他的爸爸。
Cōnglǜ Dào qíng Cānglù gēn tāmen yīqī qǜ Cuǐcàn Límíng Pài de fàngzi jiàn tāde bàba.
Verdant Blade invited Heron to come with them to  theResplendent Dawn School  to meet his father.
他的爸爸是璀璨黎明派很有名的头领, 炯炯
Tāde bàba shi Cuǐcàn Límíng Pài hěn yǒumíng de tóulíng, jiào Jiǒngjiǒng.
His father was the Resplendent Dawn School's headmaster, Shining Eye.
璀璨黎明派的房子在璀璨山上。 他们三个人到璀璨黎明派的房子去的时候,
Cuǐcàn Límíng Pài de fàngzi zài Cuǐcàn Shān shàng. tǎmen sānge rén dào Cuǐcàn Límíng Pài de fàngzi qù de shíhou, 
The Resplendent Dawn School was on Resplendent Dawn Mountain.  When the three people arrived at the Resplendent Dawn School, 
炯炯头领很高兴认识苍鹭, 可是葱绿刀的妈妈不要见他,
Jiǒngjiǒng tóulíng hěn gāoxìng de rénshi le Cōnglù, kēshì Cōnglǜ Dào de māma buyào jiàn tā, 
Headmaster Shining Eye was very happy to meet Heron, but Verdant Blade's mother didn't want to meet him, 
他不知道为什么。
tā bù zhīdao wèishénme.
he didn't know why.


苍鹭在璀璨黎明派的时候他见到了葱绿刀的堂妹,叫轻风
Cānglù zài Cuǐcàn Límíng Pài de shíhou tā jiàndào le Cōnglǜ Dào de tángmèi, jiào Qīng Fēng. 
When Heron was at the Resplendent Dawn School he met Verdant Blade's cousin, named Gentle Breeze. 
她是很漂亮的美人。因为轻风很喜欢葱绿刀,所以她也喜欢苍鹭
Tā shì hěn piàoliang de méirén.Yīnwèi Qīng Fēng hěn xǐhuan Cōnglù Dào, suǒyǐ tā yě hěn xǐhuan Cānglù.
She was a very pretty girl.  Because Gentle Breeze really liked Verdant Blade, she also liked Heron.

可是这样的事让冬月很生气。因为她暗暗很喜欢苍鹭,所以她对轻风很嫉妒。
Kèshi zhèyàngde shí ràng Dōng Yuè hěn shēngqì. Yīnwèi tā ànàn de xǐhuan Cānglù, suǒyǐ tā duì Qīng Fēng hěn jídù.
But this business made Winter Moon angry.  Because she secretly liked Heron, she was jealous of Gentle Breeze.


另外苍鹭爸爸出去的以前他给儿子一本功夫的秘笈。
Língwài Cānglù bàba chūqù de yǐqián tā gěi èrzi yīben gōngfu de mìjí.
Furthermore before Heron's father went away he had given his son a secret kungfu manual.
冬月看了那本书,因为那本书像璀璨黎明派的功夫秘笈,
dōng yuè kànle nǎbēn shū, yīnwèi nǎbēn shū xiàng Cuǐcan Límíng Pài de gōngfu mìjí,
Winter Moon saw the book, and because the book looked like the Resplendent Dawn School's kungfu manual,
所以她觉得苍鹭偷了璀璨黎明派的书。后来苍鹭冬月发生过很多误会。
Suǒyǐ tā juěde Cānglù tōu le Cuǐcan Límíng Pài de shū. Hòulái, Cānglù gēn Dōng Yuè fāshēngguò hěn duǒ wùhuì.
so she thought Heron stole the Resplendent Dawn School's book.  Afterward, Heron and Winter Moon experienced many misunderstandings.

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