I don't speak/read Chinese, but I cut/pasted it into Google's translation engine. this was their take on the May 17 post:  ç??å?ä¹?æ?¯ä¸?æ?·å?°å?¨å?§å¿?è??é??é?交æ?°ï¼?寫ä½?æ?¯å??è??審å?¤è?ªå·±ã?? Survival but continued fighting in the heart and soul; writing is sitting the trial itself. å??ç?¬ orJia Wan is the person posting the message doesn't seem to be off-color or vulgar. just not too clear.  try it for yourself or use babelfish http://babelfish.yahoo.com/  http://translate.google.com/# Cheers, Ellen M. --- On Wed, 4/7/10, Trudy Alatorre <trudy2123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Trudy Alatorre <trudy2123@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Does anyone on the list read Chinese? To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 9:39 PM We have a chinese speaking group in our area and I can try to contact them to see if someone can translate it. Trudy  --- On Mon, 4/5/10, John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [pchelpers] Does anyone on the list read Chinese? To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Monday, April 5, 2010, 8:10 PM A person has placed an entry on my blog today, but I cannot read it (Chinese characters). Anyone able to translate? -- Regards, John Durham <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> ICQ number 571215671   Fax/Phone 64 4 5286786 PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Blog http://pc-tech-upper-hutt.blogspot.com/ Get a copy of my novel entitled "Return" at http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID82737 Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. --    -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.