Where to buy graded readers for Pleco

Hello folks,
I'm using Pleco for quite some while now but there's one big problem I still haven't solved yet.
There are many wonderful Chinese graded readers out there, but it seems that most of the editorials still live in Stone Age. So far I only found some of the Chinese breeze series in kindle format (only the lower level :(( ) and after buying them it took me hours to convert them into other format.
There are many others like tian tian zhong wen which seem very nice but it seems impossible to buy them as soft copy.
Does anybody have a recommendation where to get more graded readers in electronic format so that I can use them with pleco? It just feels ridiculous that in 2015 I still need to waste my time looking up individual words with pleco OCR holding the hard copy of the book in one hand and the iPhone in ether other hand...

Looking forward to hearing from you!
 

小马

Member
Mike,

In February you said Chinese Breeze and Mandarin Companion are both problematic due to licensing reasons, the license you signed in June is related to them??
 

Sy

进士
Can you go to your local city. Sunday Chinese school and ask the teachers there?
School hours mAy be from 2 to 5 pm. e g university of Maryland Hope school.
I myself Like to know how to scan hard copy writing into text format....
Thus in digitized format.
 
Is it possible to sign up for an email alert on this Mike or will it be an integrated feature of Pleco, like an add-on one can purchase so it will be an app store alert?
 

Arqui3D

举人
I'm looking forward for this. Currently I'm using the Mandarin companion series for extensive reading (I get my intensive reading elsewhere), and I keep thinking how much better the reading experience would be inside Pleco.
 

Mehdi

举人
When the 4.0 will be out?
By the way I am obliged to thank you for the job you have done with Pleco. Listening to our complains has made Pleco simply the best Chinese tool.

P. S. : illustration with pictures would be the greatest improvement I can now think about.
 

Sy

进士
Hello folks,
I'm using Pleco for quite some while now but there's one big problem I still haven't solved yet.
There are many wonderful Chinese graded readers out there, but it seems that most of the editorials still live in Stone Age. So far I only found some of the Chinese breeze series in kindle format (only the lower level :(( ) and after buying them it took me hours to convert them into other format.
There are many others like tian tian zhong wen which seem very nice but it seems impossible to buy them as soft copy.
Does anybody have a recommendation where to get more graded readers in electronic format so that I can use them with pleco? It just feels ridiculous that in 2015 I still need to waste my time looking up individual words with pleco OCR holding the hard copy of the book in one hand and the iPhone in ether other hand...

Looking forward to hearing from you!
 

Sy

进士
Talking about graded reader in soft format,I really don't use this type.
I suppose you want to get books in easy reading in moden writing and in soft copy.
Why don't you try to go to baidu apps...search 鲁迅全集.
There are so many free stories in modern reading 白话文.
Select the one you feel comfortable to test out.
If you don't understand the story , you can go to get google translate
To get a rough idea in non-smooth translation but understandable.
What is your really goal or want? I may be able to guide you with
Little I know.
Sy
 

Sy

进士
I try to copy a portion of a story to let you see as below:
Sy


我作这一篇文的本意,其实是想研究怎样改革家庭;又因为中国亲权重,父权更重,所以尤想对于从来认为神圣不可侵犯的父子问题,发表一点意见。总而言之:只是革命要革到老子身上罢了。但何以大模大样,用了这九个字的题目呢?这有两个理由:

  第一,中国的“圣人之徒”⑵,最恨人动摇他的两样东西。一样不必说,也与我辈决不相干;一样便是他的伦常,我辈却不免偶然发几句议论,所以株连牵扯,很得了许多“铲伦常⑶”“禽兽行”之类的恶名。他们以为父对于子,有绝对的权力和威严;若是老子说话,当然无所不可,儿子有话,却在未说之前早已错了。但祖父子孙,本来各各都只是生命的桥梁的一级,决不是固定不易的。现在的子,便是将来的父,也便是将来的祖。我知道我辈和读者,若不是现任之父,也一定是候补之父,而且也都有做祖宗的希望,所差只在一个时间。为想省却许多麻烦起见,我们便该无须客气,尽可先行占住了上风,摆出父亲的尊严,谈谈我们和我们子女的事;不但将来着手实行,可以减少困难,在中国也顺理成章,免得“圣人之徒”听了害怕,总算是一举两得之至的事了。所以说,“我们怎样做父亲。...........etc
 

Sy

进士
Google translation of above.
Sy

Sy
Sy
Scholars
I try to copy a portion of a story to let you see as below:
Sy


I made it an article of intention, in fact, is to study how to reform the family; and because China parental weight, patriarchy is more important, so in particular would like to think that his son never question the sanctity of a few comments. In short: only revolution I want to hide to him nothing. But why in a big way, with a nine-word problem? There are two reasons:

First, China's "saints of the believers" ⑵, shake his people hated two things. Needless to say the same, but also with my generation never irrelevant; the same is his ethics, my generation can not help but occasionally made a few comments, so implicate involved, it had a number of "shovel ethics ⑶" "animal row" kind of notoriety. They thought for a parent child, has absolute power and majesty; if I speak, of course, nothing is not, then there is his son, but did not say that before long was wrong. But the sons of his grandfather, originally Calvary are just a bridge to life, by no means fixed not easy. Now the child, the parent is the future, and the future is the progenitor. I know that my generation and the reader, if not the father of the incumbent, must be the father of the candidate, but also have to do fathers hope, the only difference at a time. Want to save a lot of trouble for the sake of which we do not hesitate to occupy the upper hand in advance as possible, put on his father's dignity and talk about things we and our children; not only begun to be carried in the future, can reduce the difficulty, but also a matter of course in China, lest "saint of the believers," listening to fear, finally do both things matter. So, "How do we fathers ............ etc
 
Google translation of above.
Google translator is poor for chinese, look at http://translate.naver.com/#/zh-CN/en

"I'm doing this a piece of paper, was actually want to study how to reform of the family ; and because Chinese parents never thought the sanctity of a father and son for weight, so heavier, so I especially want to problems, made a point..In short : Only revolution in its effort to leather on Lao Tzu.But why with a swagger, the subject of words with the nine?There are two reasons :.
First, China's “saint of the apostles” ⑵, shake his people hate two things.Needless to say, I had with a grandparent must not coherent ; his is the same principles governing relationships between people, I'm a grandparent but not by chance a few comments, so the strains involved, it's so many of the stigma, such as “Lauren is often to shovel ⑶” “bestial treatment bird”..They thought my father to son, has absolute authority and dignity ; if I'm gon na speak, of course, not everything, but there is not in words, but he said long before he was wrong"

Or Bing
"I made this article was meant, in fact, want to study how to reform family and because China's weight, patriarchy is heavier, so never considered sacrosanct father-son issues, make a few comments. To sum up: only revolutions to leather to Lao Tzu's body. But why is it swagger, with this nine-word problem? There are two reasons:
First, China's "Saint of Saints" b, two of the most hated people shake his stuff. Needless to say, we put unrelated; as is his family, we can't help but occasionally made a few comments, so implicated in involved, had many "shovel family c" "beast" sort of notoriety. They think the parent for a child, has absolute power and dig"

Is there a better translator?
 
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