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Today is June 30, 2008. How do you say that in Chinese? — 二〇〇八年六月三十日 — pronounced as èr líng líng bā nián liù yuè sān shí rì

Monday, June 30th, 2008




Primezero i18n Terminal converts this for you so you don’t need to remember the format: June 30, 2008.

But…., just in case you want to know why it is what it is…

In Chinese, people say there year first. Then the month. Then the day.

2008 is the year.  二〇〇八年

The month is the 6th month. 六月

The day is the 30. 三十日

Put them all together? 二〇〇八年六月三十日



The Primezero i18n Terminal Strives for Extensibility Beyond Boredom

Sunday, June 29th, 2008



Currently with the Primezero i18n Terminal, the next generation of English-Chinese dictionary tools, many users can translate words phrases, quantities, time durations, money and other chunks of information that learners of Mandarin may need while on the move. Allowing multiple sources has made this core dictionary searchbase extensible, but there’s more…



I don’t like the English to Chinese dictionary thing, so why do I write software for it?

Saturday, February 16th, 2008



Good question.

I am not really focusing on English to Chinese, actually I am focusing on Chinese as the pivot language and allow translators from all over the world to use this application for hopefully better understanding of language and culture.

If we understand each other, then we can have some world peace and quiet.

I am trying to develop a completely new way to provide translation to non-speakers and students learning of Chinese. There is a lot of scribble on the paper so please be patient whilst I bring the ideas from paper to production.

The concept is called the Primezero i18n Terminal. The platform is based on years of user feedback. You can start creating your own translation engine if you want using PrimezeroTools, freely available open source code at my Google Code Site, pzphp.

More details about Primezero i18n Terminal coming soon…