The language in use

Reading samples

Three reading samples revised for Reference 1.6.2 and vocabulary revision 8. Each passage pairs Sino-Mini with pinyin and an English back-translation. Proper names retain their spelling.

The Tortoise and the Hare

Aesop’s fable, based on Joseph Jacobs’s public-domain version. 20 passages.

Meditations on Moloch

An abridged paraphrase of selected ideas in sections I–III of Scott Alexander’s essay. 20 passages.

The Tower of Babel

Genesis 11:1–9, translated from the King James Version. All nine verses.

These translation trials use ordinary phrases with the current words. The complete Moloch draft remains unpublished.