GR: More newbie questions

[Mike Jing]

Thanks for the wonderful explanation.
 
> what a wonderful project, to read GR in English and Chinese!
 
Actually, I am trying to translate it myself, since the published Chinese version is full of errors.  So you can expect many more questions from me.  ;)

> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > He cannot see--register-- any time for whatever reason. (it is 13 o'clock at
> > opening of 1984)
> > We live in time. (see early lines about scumbling, I believe)
> > Nothing---no thing; death; oblivion---registers.
> > All those and more resonate..............

Too bad all these connotations are lost when translated into Chinese. :(  I am only able to get across that he seems unable to see the time on his watch.  But that's still much better than the published Chinese version, which says:"There is nothing unusual."
 		 	   		  
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