... From: owner-tibetan-studies-l@... [mailto:owner-tibetan-studies-l@...]On Behalf Of T. Matthew Ciolek Sent: Sunday, August 12,...
Rosati
dante.interport@...
Aug 13, 2001 5:55 am
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Hi, did this for a class over here in San Jose, maybe useful for others, see: http://www.tsongkhapa.org/~sandvik/samsaric-realms.pdf And feedback and error...
Kent Sandvik
sandvik@...
Aug 14, 2001 8:45 pm
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... Thanks, fixed, new version uploaded (same name). --Kent...
Kent Sandvik
sandvik@...
Aug 17, 2001 4:13 am
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rangjung
rangjung@...
Aug 17, 2001 5:31 am
475
I have been using the new Sambhota converter for the Mac for a couple of weeks with good results. You type the text in Wylie or ACIP format and it converts it...
Michael Essex
mgessex@...
Aug 17, 2001 5:56 am
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... Hi, I'm curious, does the same Sambhota 2.0 TrueType font work across Mac and Windows, for example if it's embedded in a Word document? That would help a...
Kent Sandvik
sandvik@...
Aug 17, 2001 6:01 pm
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Although Sambotha has a slightly-screwy input method, it does give you better control over stacking than most wiley inputs. I appreciated this when inputting...
Rosati
dante.interport@...
Aug 17, 2001 6:11 pm
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... Yes, and I really appreciate that one could save the Sanskrit stacking material in ACIP Wylie format, as some texts have a lot of these characters. There...
Kent Sandvik
sandvik@...
Aug 17, 2001 6:16 pm
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I experimented with encoding mantras using ACIP wylie, then trying to convert it to tibetan with ACIP's own conversion program- a few of the stacks did not...
Rosati
dante.interport@...
Aug 17, 2001 6:25 pm
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... Yes, the ACIP converter that converts to the old Sambhota font is limited and has bugs, so the Sambhota 2.0 converter that comes with the package is far...
Kent Sandvik
sandvik@...
Aug 17, 2001 6:28 pm
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It is supposed to work between the Mac and Windows. I have not tried to open files from the Mac on a Windows machine, but I could email you an rtf file and you...
Michael Essex
mgessex@...
Aug 18, 2001 12:35 am
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Hi all! Is there a specific word in Tibetan for "shakyo", the copying of sacred texts? Yours in the Dharma Núria Visit The Shodo Art Gallery. Contemporary ...
nuria
nuria@...
Aug 19, 2001 9:27 am
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Hi, Ok the last two nights struggling to get Microsoft Publish 98 to understand Tibetan glyphs without moving words and tseks left and right finally made me to...
Kent Sandvik
sandvik@...
Aug 21, 2001 6:29 pm
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Hi all, I got some really nice Word based pecha templates, and those were nice, and usually based on something in word called text boxes. The issue with text...
Kent Sandvik
sandvik@...
Aug 25, 2001 11:55 pm
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I was wondering if anyone on this list has a tibetmail.net web email account? I just set one up recently, and it's a nice format for emailing text in ...
E.Noval
hyper.aion@...
Aug 26, 2001 12:12 am
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... Unfortunately the font situation is not that good, each application has its own undiscovered bugs even if they supposedly support the <html> font tag, as...
Kent Sandvik
sandvik@...
Aug 26, 2001 2:02 am
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Hi, Shenpa Shidrel commentary by Jetsun Drakpa Gyeltsen is now also up as a pecha: http://www.tsongkhapa.org/~sandvik/pechas/shenpa-shi-drel.pdf This is the...
Kent Sandvik
sandvik@...
Aug 26, 2001 2:24 am
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towerofbabel.com is a non-profit organization, the translators are voluntary and work on the site because they enjoy it (kind of like Linux). Simply read the...
Malcolm
malcolm@...
Sep 3, 2001 4:06 pm
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This is a famous text that is recited as a prayer for the teachings of Je Tsongkhapa to flousih, I uploaded a pecha version (Tibetan), see: ...
Kent Sandvik
sandvik@...
Sep 8, 2001 9:22 pm
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I am interested in translating the phrase I am Awake into tibetan any help would be grealty apprediated. please reply to Jchaussee@......
fatsmtb@...
Sep 10, 2001 2:41 am
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OK, I finally had 1.5 hours to sit down and figure out all the PDF/Microsoft Word issues with compression and such. See end this email about the bugs and how...
Kent Sandvik
sandvik@...
Sep 16, 2001 12:38 am
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Kent, There is a minor typo in the last name ... you left out the pechas subdirectory ... the URL seems to be ...
Patricia Warwick
pwarwick@...
Sep 16, 2001 3:20 am
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I did not know whether you receive World Tibet News or not, but thought you might like to post/see this, although we do not need extra stimulation for our...
Khandro
khandro@...
Sep 25, 2001 1:02 am
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Dainzin must be one absolutely incredible worker ... to translate 20 - 25M new words a year (assuming his colleague does half) means that if he works 365 days...
Patricia Warwick
pwarwick@...
Sep 25, 2001 9:39 pm
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Tibetan in Tibet is changing in other ways too. I remember hearing somewhere that it is becoming more 'tonal' like Chinese, at least in the Lhasa district....
roger_wright@...
Sep 25, 2001 10:30 pm
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I've heard something similar, don't remember who reported it, but it's supposedly to do with the radio and newscasts done in a way to use this 'new dialect'....
Kent Sandvik
sandvik@...
Sep 25, 2001 10:49 pm
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I can confirm this. I was in Lhasa in the Spring of 2000 and was very surprised to discover that, although I speak Tibetan reasonably well, at first I...
Abraham Zablocki (Cor...
amz1@...
Sep 26, 2001 3:19 pm
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Roger W. wrote to ... like Chinese, at least in the Lhasa district. Tibetan didn't rely on tones before, but there were always lots of homonyms (words sounding...
Khandro
khandro@...
Sep 26, 2001 4:03 pm
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Hi, easier to find stuff now, see: http://www.tsongkhapa.org/~sandvik/pechas/ Also added more info how it's done, and pointers to the templates and tools used...
Kent Sandvik
sandvik@...
Sep 27, 2001 6:45 pm
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Abraham Zablocki ... I wonder whether the prof. of anthropology would care to comment on whether this is a relatively new kind of domination/colonialization...
