Just-In-Time Language Learning

Whenever I have a specific task to complete (e.g. go and buy something), I usually need to have do a little bit of language research (Google Translate or dict.cn) at home on the computer first. This is so that I have the basic vocabulary for some key terms that I'm sure to use during my upcoming business transaction. This has led to language learning on a just-in-time need-to-know basis.

Here are few terms that I have come to learn, out of necessity, in the last two weeks...

无限路由器 = wú xiàn lù yóu qì = Wireless Router

宽带 = kuān dài = Broadband (literally "Wide Belt")

蓝牙 = lán yá = Bluetooth (literally "Blue Tooth")

存款 = cún kuǎn = Deposit (at a bank)

提款 = tí kuǎn = Withdrawal (at a bank)

电钻 = diàn zuàn = Electric Drill

螺丝 = luó sī = Screw

送货 = sòng huò = Delivery

Language learning is fun! Another language learning highlight for today was... I was flipping through various online-streaming Chinese tv stations... and I came across one that was showing A Few Good Men translated into Chinese. Having seen the movie a few times already (in English), knowing the context of conversations helped me to track with the Chinese translation. But I missed the famous courtroom scene - "I want the truth!" "You can't handle the truth!" - I wonder how that would have translated...