http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/07/ao-stralia-brushed-aside-at-opening-ceremony.html Australia's leading TV blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:58:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/07/ao-stralia-brushed-aside-at-opening-ceremony.html/comment-page-1#comment-25264 Stan Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:25:00 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/07/ao-stralia-brushed-aside-at-opening-ceremony.html#comment-25264 I don't understand what this fuss is all about. If in Chinese Australia is at the end of the pecking order so be it. What was Seven thinking? After sending so many people to China on business "vacation" to sniff the Olympic venues, surely somebody should learn some Mandarin and worn the bosses of the imminent. I don’t understand what this fuss is all about. If in Chinese Australia is at the end of the pecking order so be it. What was Seven thinking? After sending so many people to China on business “vacation” to sniff the Olympic venues, surely somebody should learn some Mandarin and worn the bosses of the imminent.

]]> http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/07/ao-stralia-brushed-aside-at-opening-ceremony.html/comment-page-1#comment-25255 Johnson Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:28:00 +0000 http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/07/ao-stralia-brushed-aside-at-opening-ceremony.html#comment-25255 It's not the first time the order of the parade is organised in the local language. In the Winter Olympics in Turin in 2006, teams entered the arena in the order the countries were spelt in Italian.<br/>In the case of Beijing Olympics, it's just unfortunate that Australia is third last because of its Chinese translations. Using the same analogy, Britain and the US will be in the middle order because the first syllable of the countries' respective Chinese name (Ying and Mei) both have nine strokes. However, if the full name is used for each country, Britain will be further in front because the first syllable of the Chinese translation of Great Britain (Da) has three strokes!<br/>I think the broadcasters will be scrambling for Oxford English-Chinese Dictionary now to get the Chinese translations of the geographic names. It’s not the first time the order of the parade is organised in the local language. In the Winter Olympics in Turin in 2006, teams entered the arena in the order the countries were spelt in Italian.
In the case of Beijing Olympics, it’s just unfortunate that Australia is third last because of its Chinese translations. Using the same analogy, Britain and the US will be in the middle order because the first syllable of the countries’ respective Chinese name (Ying and Mei) both have nine strokes. However, if the full name is used for each country, Britain will be further in front because the first syllable of the Chinese translation of Great Britain (Da) has three strokes!
I think the broadcasters will be scrambling for Oxford English-Chinese Dictionary now to get the Chinese translations of the geographic names.

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