These are excellent Cantonese recources and I am really happy I found them. I printed the vocabulary and try to learn them. I would need audio material though, because even though I know about tones, tone numbers, I still have problems with pronounciation. I learn most from Hong Kong films. They are really good to learn from. I always watch them with Cantonese audio and English subtitles. They are the best. I never watch them with English dubs because they are terrible.
Hi libran and thanks! Yes, it is Dutch. I have a Dutch friend. Shall I ask him what is this poem about? I tried to translate with Altavista Babelfish but does not make too much sense .
If I translate my English words to Chinese, can you understand it?
Yes I guess that it is a translation of the famous Heart Sutra, just didn't know what that language is, thank you very much for your help!
It is amazing that you also know Buddhism, you are really knowledgeable! If you know of any other Buddhist sutras in Dutch, could you please tell me? I'll greatly appreciate that.
你好, 卢总 Thanks for your kind words. I must tell you I do not speak or read Chinese at all, this is why I have to use the online translator. I watch a lot of Hong Kong films and can understand some basic expressions by hearing, but I cannot talk, read or write Chinese. I can recognize a few characters, but that is all. So forgive me, but I will use Altavista Babelfish in the future as well. I only use it, so those Chinese here who do not understand English can have an idea what I am writing about. I know it is not correct, but maybe it is enough to understand. Anyway, thank you for your helping words.
I will ask my Dutch friend about it. Unfortunately I don't understand Dutch. I don't know much about Buddhism, only what I saw in films, but I like it very much.
Dear Klara,
Thank you very much. I wish to know if that Dutch translation is accurate, maybe you can ask your friend to compare it with the English translation? I'll wait for the result, and thx again for your kindness.
[ 本帖最後由 libran 於 2007-9-28 19:22 編輯 ]
I'd be happy if such software existed . I know my translations with the Babelfish sound silly, but this is the best I can do to make myself understood by non English speakers .
Well, I asked my Dutch friend about more Dutch Buddhist Sutras, and to check if that one is a good translation of the English version. I hope he can help us with this.
Well, my friend says that the Dutch and English words are the translation of the original sanskrit sutra. But when you compare the two translations they don't resemble each other. This is what he said: "it looks like if they are translations of the same sanskrit
poem, but the Dutch text is not a translation of the English text nor
the other way round."
He did not find other sutras in Dutch, but he sent a link with Dutch books about Buddhism: http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=nl&q=esoterische+boekhandel&btnG=Google+zoeken&lr=
Dear libran, Yes it seems it is not a word to word translation. I don't think too many people know all 3 languages
I found these links to online Dutch-English dictionaries: http://lookwayup.com/free/DutchEnglishDictionary.htm http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/Dutch/ These two looked suitable to me. I hope it helps.
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I can recognize a few characters, but that is all. So forgive me, but I will use Altavista Babelfish in the future as well. I only use it, so those Chinese here who do not understand English can have an idea what I am writing about. I know it is not correct, but maybe it is enough to understand. Anyway, thank you for your helping words. 
I don't know much about Buddhism, only what I saw in films, but I like it very much. 
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