User talk:DHN/2008/Jan

Vietnamese question
DHN, you've always been very helpful to me with Vietnamese. Although I'm not sure Wikipedia should be used as a posting board for non-Wikipedia topics, I'm not sure how else to contact you.

The problem is that in one translation of the Little Prince there is an expression that I don't know how to analyse. The French is: L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux. The Vietnamese translation is: Các cốt thiết, cái tinh thể, cái đó vô hình đối với hai con mắt Bathrobe (talk) 04:57, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

The problem is "Các cốt thiết, cái tinh thể, cái đó". I don't totally understand what tinh thể means, and I also don't understand the grammar of the các..., cái..., cái construction, including the significance of the final cái đó.

I would be very grateful for any pointers you could give me! Bathrobe (talk) 04:58, 27 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I'll see what I can find out.
 * Bathrobe (talk) 10:17, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks yes I wasn't certain this is why I asked. The only info I could find was in Vietnamese. Cheers ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦      "Talk"? 19:25, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Could you translate Đặng Văn Ngữ. I'v probably got it wrong he was a physician too. I don't understand Vietnamese unfortunately ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦      "Talk"? 10:44, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Also Hoàng Cầm and Trần Dần. There is a link there to a major life chronology and Vietnamese wikiipedia. Thanks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦      "Talk"? 11:00, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Can you translate these sometime? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦     "Talk"? 17:51, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Viet Bac
Hi, a new editor has just added mention and discussion of Viet Bac to the Thai Nguyen article. I think we probably will need an article about this place. Badagnani (talk) 01:12, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Changes in dates
That editor is again changing dates in Vietnam history articles, always with no discussion. Badagnani (talk) 22:46, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Nguyễn Dynasty
There has recently been a revert war at the Nguyễn Dynasty page. I have protected the page for a cooling off period and since you've edited there recently, I'd like to invite you to discuss the issue at Talk:Nguyễn Dynasty if you'd care to help out. Thanks in advance. --Bradeos Graphon (talk) 23:06, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

ô mai
Does ô mai mean a pickle? Badagnani (talk) 04:11, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Ha, good story. They were actual apricots and not large ume (which are closer to apricots than peaches, despite the fact that they're usually referred to as "Japanese plums" in English)? Badagnani (talk) 04:21, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

"Xíu mại" is bringing up photos of meatballs in a Google images search. Badagnani (talk) 04:22, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

They look almost exactly like umeboshi--same color but maybe a little drier. The umeboshi article should discuss these. See this photo. Badagnani (talk) 04:27, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Wonder if they're related to either 話梅 (huàméi), which are Chinese pickled ume, or to the smoked ume used in traditional Chinese medicine, called wumei (烏梅). Badagnani (talk) 02:00, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Re:Chinese character help
Hi! I saw your message on the Chinese Wikipedia(Here).I am sorry that I cannot read the first character clearly, but I guest the two characters vi:Hình:Chu gi.jpg should probably refer to 達觀. Can you give more details on that? Hope that helps!-Lammet (talk) 22:03, 12 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Pronounced "đạt quan" in Vietnamese? Badagnani (talk) 22:12, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! Could you help me how to do that? 96.229.179.106 (talk) 10:02, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Vietnam district placement maps
Hey DHN - I'll create a prototype during the next week and once we decide on the right 'look' I can use the upcoming holidays to get a lot of them done. Rarelibra (talk) 18:31, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

anon Guy on Overseas Vietnamese
Hmm, I've decided I'm just going to ignore this guy and rv his edits. He's also been making original research and WP:COATRACKing about on other pages. He's been trolling some pages about the Dalai Lama and other pages and it's pretty obvious to me that he is just some guy with a Sino-supremacist POV and he's just here to explain the faults of the "barbarian races" so to speak.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 00:48, 18 December 2007 (UTC)