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This supplementary language-learning material is for helping you to learn about how the Mandarin language is used in certain official publications, so that you will be better able to help others in the Mandarin language field.
Publications (Mandarin)
Updated 2020-11-27
Contents
- Introduction
- Disclaimer
- Downloading and Opening the Files
- Updates and Other Information
- Download Links
Introduction
The material posted below complements various Chinese publications by adding Pīnyīn, and is only available in Simplified Chinese. Thanks go out to the one who provided the files.
Disclaimer
Remember that the files are complements to the Chinese publications they are based on, not replacements for them. If an original publication is available, material from the related file below 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.
The material may of course still contain errors. If you find any, please email me to let me know.
Downloading and Opening the Files
To download the files on a PC or a Mac:
- Right-click on the desired download link and select Save Link As..., or Save Target As..., or Download Linked File As..., or something similar depending on your browser.
- Select a folder on your hard drive to save the file to and click the Save button or something similar to proceed with the download.
The files are in Portable Document Format (PDF), and can be opened using the Adobe Acrobat Reader DC program. This program is free to download, and it runs on a variety of platforms, including Macs. (macOS’s Preview program may be used as well.) This button links to the download page for Adobe Acrobat Reader DC:
To download the files on an iPad using GoodReader:
- In Safari on your iPad, tap and hold on the desired download link and tap the Copy button that appears.
- Switch to GoodReader.
- Tap on Connect.
- 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 Download 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 here and open folder button on the lower right.
- If you wish, after you launch the file you may use the Crop Margins button to make the content fill out the screen more.
(See the 3-Line Material on the iPad page for more information.)
Updates and Other Information
Check the Links News blog (news feed, Twitter) for news regarding updates to this resource, 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. (If you need login information for the parts of tiandi.info that require it, request it by email, and include information on who referred you and/or what group/cong. you are in.)
To follow the Twitter account for the Links News and tiandi.info blogs, click or tap this button:
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.
Enjoy using the material. May it help you to serve more effectively and joyfully in the Mandarin field.