An American Guqin Player, Testing Google's Chinese Translation, and Correcting the Record, or,
Your Narrator's Fame-o-meter Reaches New Heights with this
Shanghai Evening Post Article

As if Mr. Qiao's image advisors didn't have enough on their mind, now there's this digital cloud (Google's Beta Chinese translation of article) mucking up his data stream.

Take this passage, for example, where we learn about our narrator:

American small town responding to the blond
Qiaoshu Chinese [Mr. Qiao] in the United States grew up on a small town, the small town of only 150 individuals, a church, a store and a post office, but has beautiful scenery and quiet life.

No problems there. Here's how Qiaoshu China (Mr. Qiao) first learned about Guqin:

Then, he caught one of the antique shops, bushes do roof, the front horizontal inscribed board asks "official conservatory in Han dynasty Guoqin Museum" these words. Is within walking distance to enter, Hall before a square table, two people are inside drinking chat, a wall hanging of calligraphy works beside me great circular gold fish tank, but also stocks a bird cage pearl. He walked into a margin, while they have doubts, do not know what it is a place.

Guoqin heart : Ways shocked by the
See guests entered, the owner immediately invited to drink tea, also told Qiaoshu China "This is our best tea, sampling all? "Qiaoshu Chinese curiosity to ask" What is here? "They replied that it was" guqin Museum, "Qiaoshu China asked what" guqin, "and then they began to chat in English have a brighter future, is a better three hours."

Mr. Qiao doesn't remember ever having "chat in English have a brighter future" with Mr. Lu or Mr. Feng in the Guqin Shop. And Qiao never learned about the Saona on television. Perhaps the journalist knows better.

Owner is a graduate of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Composition, another person is his pot [??Mr. Feng], they together -- jazz, classical -- music -- Before the liberation of pop music, history -- Shanghai, China -- all used to watch the stones. Qiaoshu Chinese side said that they drink tea while chatting, try later, his teeth have been Dachan.

Yes, Mr. Qiao drank tea until it felt like his teeth would fall out. After mastering some songs, Qiao goes to a temple in Zhejiang.

Qin : He wrote poetry for girls
What is surprising is that Qiaoshu China quickly learned more than 10 sticks song, like the famous "Water deal", "Melody", "Chun Xiao hum", "Jiu Kuang", "Yin-man parade", "Guan Shanyue" in his head down as that of all general. "everything out of the slow twirl mind," to draw friends say, a move Qiaoshu China is one of pride.

The school has a small trial showed Qiaoshu China wants, that guqin music in the embrace of nature, can play a best sound, he went to Zhejiang bridges behind beloved guqin a township called "Shou Holy Mosques" ancient temple. The foot of a hill monasteries, to fall back on the dense bamboo grove, beside the brook is chosen. He sat down beside the small bamboo grove Lane, opposite the mouth waves lap, listen to the bamboo leaves rustle, began playing "Melody."

Song ended, he found a young girl he was listening to the music instrument, phonograph -- they opened up, girls from Shanghai, China Qiaoshu she told him Guoqin shells very good, he also was to write a poem. Qiaoshu Chinese remember poetry into the yard as the sun is on, Tibet deeply moved her.

Qiaoshu Chinese feel that this is his favorite ancient Chinese scholar "active time" life [gen du, we think], working after sunrise and sunset and interest rates, air down playing piano and reading, read books, like the United States David Lord has beautiful scenery in the Lake Waerdeng [Walden Pond] spend the day, away from the hubbub secular and live a simple and natural life.

Mr. Qiao's attorneys would like Google Translation to know that "Qiaoshu China" has never written poetry for girls. Hopefully the final version of Google Translator (Simplified Chinese) will correct that mistake.