Bearing Witness Book
(3-Line, XLP-iPhone-A5, LN-A)

Last updated 2023-10-17

Contents

• Introduction
• Disclaimer
• Mobile Devices, Extra Large Print Material
• PDF Link Navigation and Annotation
• Downloading and Opening the Files
• Updates and Other Information
• Download Links

Introduction

The XLP-iPhone-A5 size material posted below complements the Chinese Bearing Witness book by adding romanization and English, and is currently available in these versions:

• Simplified Chinese + Mandarin Pinyin
• Traditional Chinese + Cantonese Sidney Lau Romanization

If other versions are required, email me to let me know.

[Note: The material in these PDF files was based on an older printing of the Mandarin Bearing Witness book.]

Disclaimer

Remember that the material complements the Bearing Witness book—it does not replace it. If a Bearing Witness book is available, this material should be used along with it, not instead of it. This material is only meant to help those who are learning Chinese to more quickly become more effective in the Chinese fields.

Mobile Devices, Extra Large Print Material

While the regular files use letter size as the paper size, these files named with “XLP-iPhone-A5” use A5 as the paper size, and they are especially suited for use on devices such as the iPhone, the iPod touch, and other devices with similarly sized screens, such as Android phones. (See the 3-Line Material on the iPhone and the iPod touch page for instructions on how to use these files on an iPhone or an iPod touch.)

The XLP-iPhone-A5 files should also be a good fit on smaller Kindles and similar devices, as long as these devices have PDF support. (Note that landscape orientation may work best, as explained on the 3-Line Material on the iPhone and the iPod touch page.) Alternately, some may prefer to use these files on larger mobile devices like the iPad. (See the 3-Line Material on the iPad page for instructions on how to use these files on an iPad.)

These files may also be printed out on letter size paper, resulting in Extra Large Print material. (See the Printing Extra Large Print 3-Line Material page for instructions.)

PDF Link Navigation and Annotation

The PDF files are named with “LN-A” (“Link Navigation-Annotation”) to show that they have been enriched and fortified with bookmarks, links, and annotation support.

PDF bookmarks and links work like web hyperlinks, immediately taking you to the destination linked to when they are clicked or tapped on. This capability makes the files much easier to navigate around in, especially on mobile devices such as the iPhone, the iPod touch, and the iPad. (See the PDF Link Navigation page for more information, including a video screen recording of the PDF bookmarks and links in action.)

PDF annotation is the ability to add notes or highlighting to PDFs, analogous to margin notes, underlining, etc. on paper printouts. (See the PDF Annotation (Notes & Highlighting) page for more information.)

Updates and Other Information

Check the Links News blog (news feed, Twitter) for news regarding updates to this web page, and also for news regarding other resources prepared by our fellow workers in the Chinese fields. You may also find it interesting to check out the tiandi.info blog (news feed, Twitter), which is about various things related to the Chinese fields. (Email me if you need login information, and include information on who referred you and/or what group/cong. you are in.)

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If you have any questions or comments, email them to me. I am often very busy, but I will try my best to answer your emails.

I hope you enjoy using the material. May it help you to serve more effectively and joyfully in the Chinese fields.