Today's acquisition is the heftiest piece of #Dai#folklore (and indeed any #Chinese folklore of any kind) in my rather sizable collection of folklore-related books. Weighing in at nearly 900 pages it is, again, a translation of Dai ballads into both vernacular Mandarin and English. As with all of the books from this #Wuhan#University Press it is a quality work filled to the brim with footnotes (both on the Chinese side and the English, different).
It's also likely going to be a work that takes me months to years to work through.
Such is the life of a time-limited #hobbyist of folklore.
@zhang.dianli@pixelfed.social @folklore This sounds interesting! When you work through this, do you read the English or the Chinese (or even both and compare)?
@zdl@zhang.dianli@pixelfed.social @folklore This seems like a good approach to gain at least a little speed without missing any important details. Still a lot of work, given the size of the book.
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