http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/forum-view.asp?forumid=67 TC Discussion Forums Copyright ANVICA Software Development 2002-2009. All rights reserved. TC RSS Generator 8 Nov 2009 03:31 GMT http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/images/SteamingCup40.gif http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/MegaBBS/category-view.asp?showall=true /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread15095msg188887.htm#188887 Nanna Mercer: This is for you, Liliana, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUSzQBaWq0Q A very sweet animated take on the original story by H. C. Andersen Here: http://www.animationartconservation.com/little_matchgirl.html the story of how it was created. 7 Nov 2009 22:35 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread15095msg188865.htm#188865 Maxi Schwarz-Bastami: Hm, I just read in the Wikki description that she explains that her attitude revenge due to a previous princess having been murdered by a foreign prince. Apparently the number three heralds back to the Greeks on our side, but I don't know what it signifies for the Chinese. 7 Nov 2009 16:48 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread15095msg188862.htm#188862 Liliana Boladz-Nekipelov: I think the Little Match Girl is a wonderful story about the consequences of greed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Match_Girl 7 Nov 2009 16:27 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread15095msg188861.htm#188861 Jacek K.: The more you study these things, the more archetypes shared by all the people you discover. Since I am going to see "Turandot" live from the Met tonight in HD, I have looked up that story from the 1920s, only to discover that: The story of Turandot was taken from the Persian collection of ... 7 Nov 2009 16:25 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread15095msg188860.htm#188860 Nanna Mercer: You're welcome, Maxi. You needn't mention it ;-) There's more where that came from. The day isn't over yet :-O Nanna 7 Nov 2009 16:08 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread15095msg188858.htm#188858 Maxi Schwarz-Bastami: Ooh, interesting. Now how did it come to be that the Chinese also had such a tale - and did it get transmitted at some point? What were the values in their culture? Maxi 7 Nov 2009 15:52 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread15095msg188857.htm#188857 Maxi Schwarz-Bastami: [quote] The fact that you seem to prefer another title such as Fairy tales about greed AND OTHER THINGS, doesn't alter the fact that the main topic is about greed. [/quote] The topic contains the words "fairy tales" and "greed". If participants agree to it, we might be able to ... 7 Nov 2009 15:47 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread15095msg188855.htm#188855 Jacek K.: For the record, The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish (Russian: Сказка о рыбаке и рыбке) is a fairy tale in verse by Alexander Pushkin. Pushkin wrote the tale in autumn 1833... The tale is about a fisherman who managed to catch a "Golden Fish" which promised to fulfill any wish of his in ... 7 Nov 2009 15:41 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread15095msg188854.htm#188854 Nanna Mercer: Good, I hope it will prove fruitful. I shall leave you to it. Nanna 7 Nov 2009 15:37 GMT /cafe/MegaBBS/forumthread15095msg188850.htm#188850 Liliana Boladz-Nekipelov: Silesian fairy tales and legends are about supernatural beings living at the bottom of coal mines. They usually met coal miners, played different tricks on them, saved their lives from time to time, if they were honest, hardworking people. Silesian women hardly ever worked; all the supernaturals ... 7 Nov 2009 14:51 GMT