Dan Bloom
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Steve Jobs’ ‘Love Letter to His Wife’ Makes Waves in Asia
Many readers didn’t like the way the official translator of the bio presented the letter in Chinese characters
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Winner of a Taiwanese Emmy: ‘I’d Like to Thank My iPhone’
The 40-something director took out a cell phone and started reading emails of congratulations, totally ignoring the audience
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Superstitious Taiwanese Readers ‘Creeped Out’ by Huge Window Displays of Steve Jobs Photo
And, by the way, don’t ever call him Steve
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Steve Jobs’ Bio Passes ‘Harry Potter’ in Taiwan
Jobs has even penetrated the Bamboo Curtain separating Taiwan from China. Few people can do that!
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Captured by Captcha — So How Do You Type Hebrew?
Filling out the security box for a Facebook message ended up a linguistic feat
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Another Steve Jobs Lookalike Hits Chinese TVs
The new TV spot is also giving away a free iPad to those who buy the junk food snack packs
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Why’s a Huge Bollywood Star Playing an Ugly Stereotypical Jewish Gangster in ‘Gatsby’?
More importantly, will Indian newspapers and websites pick up on Fitzgerald’s genteel anti-Semitism of the period?
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Might China Buy the Hollywood Sign Next?
Like the former Soviet Union, China thinks that it can fool the Western world with glass skyscrapers, space flights and now, glowing Times Square signs — is L.A. next?
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Martin Luther King Memorial Has Asian Eyes — Just Like Meryl Streep
The memorial’s outsourcing to a Chinese artist creates a firestorm — and is reminiscent of the Asianization of some Hollywood stars
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Translating ‘Colombiana’: How Not to Include ‘Penis’ in Your Movie Title Overseas
In Taiwan, the local translation team innocently decided to call “Colombiana” “Hei-lan-jiao” — the local pronunciation for penis!
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New Steve Jobs Fake Surfaces — as a Taiwan Bestseller
A whole legion of young Jobs fans in Taiwan have read a book that he never wrote
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How Hollywood’s ‘F-Bombs’ Are Impacting Overseas Markets
When I hear cute little Japanese or Taiwanese kids saying “f– you” to each other as a greeting call, I wonder just what Hollywood’s gift to the outside world really has been
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What’s in a Chinese Director’s Name? Plenty!
Word order matters — especially with Chinese and Taiwanese names when written or pronounced in English in the US or Europe
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Richard Gere’s Iranian Lookalike Makes News in Taiwan
The Iranian businessman gained Taiwanese media attention after retrieving his lost wallet –do you think there is a resemblance?
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Ang Lee Has Something in Common With a Pair of YouTube Toddlers
Why the video “Lo Lat Song” may resonate with the southern Taiwanese director
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