Getting organised in Chinese!
ratatouille
February 20, 2008 at 04:03 PM posted in General DiscussionI have started using a moleskin notebook as a sort of personal organiser and I was thinking it would be good prectice to use chinese to write down the recurring stuff that typically gets written into this sort of thing.
Priority
Waiting
Doctor's visit
get groceries
Follow-up
Project
do laundry
pick up dry cleaning
Someday/Maybe
Inbox
Completed
Being outside China it is also a good way to add a layer of privacy to my notebook if I misplace it.
ratatouille
February 21, 2008 at 04:47 PM
In the west we say "as easy as ABC" whereas in the east I wonder should that be changed to "as easy as XYZ" because of the number of words that use these letters as initials. Just a thought.
ratatouille
February 21, 2008 at 04:39 PM
Thanks again Casie - you are brilliant. I dig your new photo. Sleep well.
(I was going to ask how to say "book a wake up call" but I better stop now!)
cassielin
February 21, 2008 at 04:02 PM
Postponed 延期yanqi 推迟tuichi
Cancelled取消quxiao
Meeting会议huiyi
Scan all mail (use a scanner)浏览所有的邮件liulan suoyou de youjian
Buy labels （i m not sure about this. 买mai=buy, 标签biaoqian/商标shangbiao=labels)
Get the car serviced做汽车保养zuo qiche baoyang
Record documentary to watch tomorrow (not sure about this)
Prepare lunch准备午饭zhunbei wufan
Hang out clothes晾衣服liang yifu 晒衣服shai yifu
Bring bottles to recycling centre 把瓶瓶罐罐送到再循环中心ba pingpingguanguan song dao zaixunhuan zhongxin(not very sure)
exercise for 30 mins运到半小时yundong banxiaoshi/锻炼半小时duanlian banxiaoshi
put the cat out! 把猫放出去ba mao fang chu qu.
uhm, hope other people can help out the others. It late here, good night.
ratatouille
February 21, 2008 at 01:30 PM
ha ha - secretary does not do her justice - personal assistant/life coach or just plain life-saver!
(Thanks for drawing Casie's attention over here from another thread.)
ratatouille
February 21, 2008 at 01:13 PM
wow Casie, you are fantastic. I hope this hasn't been too much work for you. But in case you are enjoying it, here are even more...
Postponed
Cancelled
Meeting
Scan all mail (use a scanner)
Buy labels
Get the car serviced
Record documentary to watch tomorrow
Prepare lunch
Hang out clothes
Bring bottles to recycling centre
exercise for 30 mins
put the cat out!
cassielin
February 21, 2008 at 12:56 PM
Next Actions 下一步xia yibu
send e-mail to...发邮件到...fa youjian dao
call..打电话dadianhua
Return call..回打电话给...hui da dianhua gei
tidy desk整齐的桌子zhengqi de zhuozi
read article阅读文章 yuedu wenzhang
Research the company XYZ (what' XYZ?) 研究yanjiu/调查diaocha=research 公司gongsi=company
Charge mobile 付费手机？（not very sure)
cut the grass割草gecao
put out the garbage 扔垃圾reng laji(i m not very sure)
pay bills付费fufei / 结账jiezhang
Synch MP3 player synch同步tongbu MP3player=MP3播放器bofangqi
vacuum carpet (vacuum? carpet=地毯ditan)
Organise folders (i have no idea about this. )
Update spreadsheet更新电子数据表gengxin dianzi shujubiao
ratatouille
February 21, 2008 at 12:01 PM
how about the some more ?
Next Actions
send e-mail to...
call..
Return call..
tidy desk
read article
Research the company XYZ
Charge mobile
cut the grass
put out the garbage
pay bills
Synch MP3 player
vacuum carpet
Organise folders
Update spreadsheet
THanks!
ratatouille
February 21, 2008 at 11:53 AM
wow you read my mind! thanks Casie , I nominate you as Best Supporting User! Thanks
ratatouille
February 21, 2008 at 11:50 AM
no Casie I need your great talent to provide the individual words that might be used regularly in a filofax. For example, Doctor Visit and then after the visit you might pencil in "done" or "postponed". I just want to get my lazy hanzi hand working and not be relying on keyboards all the time! This should be as easy as ABC for you!
cassielin
February 21, 2008 at 11:47 AM
Priority n.先xian，前qian，优先youxian，优先权youxian quan
Waiting n.等待dengdai
Doctor's visit 看医生kan yisheng
get groceries 买杂货mai zahuo
Follow-up adj.继续的jixu de n.后续措施houxu cuoshi,后续行动houxu xingdong
Project n.计划jihua，方案fang an，工程gongcheng v.设计sheji，计划jihua
do laundry洗衣服xi yifu
pick up dry cleaning (i m not sure about this one, is it refer to those clothes that had cleaned?)
Someday/Maybe 有一天you yi tian，某天moutian/可能keneng
Inbox收件箱shoujianxiang
Completed 完成wancheng
cassielin
February 21, 2008 at 11:26 AM
ratatouille,
I m sorry for the late response.
Here comes the question, i can not understand.
you need me to organize those words into a sentence?
rich
February 20, 2008 at 04:14 PM
uh, of course my passwords aren't written in my phone (I have a notepad and all that to sync with outlook in my Nokia N70)
rich
February 20, 2008 at 04:10 PM
yeah, I keep my cell phone (bought in China) in Chinese so the menus and screen would be extremely hard to navigate through if someone stole it and didn't know exactly how to use that make an model. I also put clues to my passwords, etc. in Chinese, but the passwords are English words, so quite more safe then if all in English.
ratatouille
February 20, 2008 at 04:09 PM
Can any of the more advanced learners help out and save my thumbs from the dictionary! THanks
rich
February 22, 2008 at 12:45 PMWow, I think Cassie is like a human dictionary more than anything, ha ha. I have to say thanks to you too, Cassie, since I didn't know a bunch of those words. Very good. :)