Lasting Peace Brochure
(Chinese-Pinyin-English,
XLP-iPhone-A5, LN-A)

Last updated 2018-08-13

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• Lasting Peace Brochure
  (Chinese-Pinyin-English, iPad-Letter-A4, LN-A)

Contents

• Introduction
• Disclaimer
• Translation and Proofreading
• 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 2009 edition of the Chinese Lasting Peace brochure by adding Pinyin and English. (Corresponding iPad-Letter-A4 size material is available on the Lasting Peace Brochure (Chinese-Pinyin-English, iPad-Letter-A4, LN-A) page.)

Disclaimer

Remember that the material complements the Lasting Peace brochure—it does not replace it. If a Lasting Peace brochure 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 field.

Translation and Proofreading

The English translation follows these principles:

• As far as possible, the meaning of each individual Chinese character is translated literally according to how it is used in the context in which it appears.
• Curly brackets, or braces, i.e. { }, are used to surround sets of English words that together convey the literal meaning of the Chinese character(s) they are above.
• When a single English word or a set of English words surrounded by curly brackets is over two or more Chinese characters, that means that it corresponds to the literal meaning of those Chinese characters.
• When literal translations do not make sense, or are not understandable enough, then the effective meanings are used instead, surrounded by square brackets, i.e. [ ].
• English words corresponding to Chinese characters that are selected for their sound and not their meaning, such as those used for many names, are not surrounded by square brackets. However, if necessary, they will be surrounded by curly brackets to specify which Chinese characters they correspond to.

While some other recent 3-line material has been released by others without being proofread (which does have the benefit of allowing the material to be released more quickly), this Lasting Peace brochure material has been carefully translated and proofread. Thus, those who are learning Chinese can reliably use it to help increase their insight into the meanings of the Chinese characters and how they are used in various contexts. Of course, the material may still contain errors. If you find any, please email me to let me know.

Mobile Devices, Extra Large Print Material

While the iPad-Letter-A4 size 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 6" (15.2 cm) screen Kindles and other similarly sized devices, as well as on tablets with 7" (17.8 cm) screens, 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.) Some may prefer to use these files on larger mobile devices like the Kindle DX or the iPad as well.

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 how margin notes, underlining, etc. can be added to paper printouts. (See the PDF Annotation (Notes & Highlighting) page for more information.)

Downloading and Opening the Files

To download the files on a PC or a Mac:

• Right-click on the desired link and select Save Link As..., or Save Target As..., or Download Linked File As..., or something similar depending on your browser.
• Save the file to a selected location on your hard drive.

The files are in Portable Document Format (PDF), and can be opened using the Adobe Reader program, version 7 or above, although I recommend that you use the latest version. This program is free to download, and it runs on a variety of platforms, including Macs. (Mac OS X’s Preview program may be used as well.) This button links to the download page for Adobe Reader:

To download the files on an iPhone or an iPod touch using GoodReader for iPhone:

• In Safari on your iPhone or iPod touch, tap and hold on the desired link and tap the Copy button that appears.
• Switch to GoodReader for iPhone.
  • Select the Web Downloads folder on the top level.
  • Tap on Enter URL. The URL (web address) you just copied from Safari should have been automatically entered into the dialogue box that appears. If not, paste it there now. Tap the OK button.
  • The file should get downloaded into the My Documents > Downloads folder. If you want to move it to another folder,
    • tap the Actions button on the top right,
    • tap the file to select it,
    • tap the Move button,
    • then navigate to your target folder and
    • tap the Move 1 item here button on the lower right.
    • Tap the Done button to return to the normal mode.

To download the files on an iPad using GoodReader for iPad:

• In Safari on your iPad, tap and hold on the desired link and tap the Copy button that appears.
• Switch to GoodReader for iPad.
  • Tap on Web Downloads.
  • Tap on Enter URL. The URL (web address) you just copied from Safari should have been automatically entered into the dialogue box that appears. If not, paste it there now. Tap the OK button.
  • The file should get downloaded into the My Documents > Downloads folder. If you want to move it to another folder,
    • tap on Manage Files,
    • tap the file to select it,
    • tap the Move button,
    • then navigate to your target folder and
    • tap the Move 1 item here button on the lower right.
    • Tap the Done button to return to the normal mode.
  • If you wish, after you launch the file you may use the Crop Margins button to make the content fill out the screen more.

Updates and Other Information

Between email updates, check the Links News blog (news feed, Twitter) for news regarding things listed in the Links file. You may also find it interesting to check out the tiandi.info blog (news feed, Twitter), which is about other things related to the Chinese field. (Email me if you need login information, and include information on who referred you and/or what group/cong. you are in.)

To request e-mail notification of updates to the Links file, or if you have any questions or comments, email me.

Enjoy using the material, and may it help you to serve more effectively and joyfully in the Chinese field.