There is no question that new tools and technology are making language translation easier to accomplish and more accessible. Anyone with a phone or a scanner can dabble in the fine art of bringing words and thoughts from one language into another. But, just like with other technologies that have ‘democratized’ the floodgates, it doesn’t […]
Feb
23
2025
23
2025
Nov
18
2024
18
2024
Chaquan, Xinyi Liu He, and White Crane…What Joy!
Where does the time go? (No, seriously, if anyone has an answer for that we’d like to know.) We seem to be busy all the time, then realize we have not posted any of the new material that stacks up here at Plum. So here is a rush of new and revised material for your […]
Oct
28
2022
28
2022
ChaQuan and Its TanTui
We at Plum freely admit that we are big fans of Andrea Falk, in her roles as martial artist, writer and translator. It is this last role that we celebrate today. When we started Plum, almost 30 years ago, there were so many important texts available in Chinese that we never thought we would see […]