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Reviewer feedback: translations must carry Master Jiqun's 语气, not only register. Add a 'Speaker's Voice (语气)' section to mpi-translation and expand check D3 in mpi-translation-review. Also note the idea of distilling his way of talk into a dedicated skill (docs/idea-jiqun-voice-skill.md).
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# Idea: distill Master Jiqun's way of talk (语气) into a skill
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Date: 2026-07-20
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Status: idea / not scheduled
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## Background
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Reviewer feedback on a translated article: translations must preserve Master
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Jiqun's 语气 — the speaker's voice and manner — not just the tone (register,
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formality). A translation can have the right register and still flatten the
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teacher's voice.
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As a first step, a "Speaker's Voice (语气)" section was added to
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`skills/mpi-translation/SKILL.md`, and check D3 in
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`skills/mpi-translation-review/SKILL.md` was expanded to verify 语气 markers.
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That covers the immediate need, but the knowledge is currently a short bullet
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list inside a general skill.
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## Idea
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Distill Master Jiqun's way of talk into a dedicated skill (or a reference doc
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under `skills/mpi-translation/references/`), built from evidence across many
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of his talks:
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- Collect characteristic passages (source + approved translations) from the
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terms DB (`loc` fields) and finished articles in `translate-files/`.
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- Catalog his recurring devices: rhetorical question chains, first-person
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asides (我经常说 / 我曾在讲座中 / 由此我想到), reasoning connectives
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(可见 / 所以说 / 事实上), homely analogies (rotting apple, leaking boat,
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teacup, face mask), gentle admonition with humor, measured unhurried
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authority, inclusive we/you address.
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- For each device, give approved English renderings and common failure modes
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(e.g. question → declaration, "我经常说" → "it is said").
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- Possibly also cover delivery/register differences between his oral talks,
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essays, and micro-blog posts.
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## Open questions
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- Standalone skill vs. reference doc under `mpi-translation`? A reference doc
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is probably enough; a full skill may be overkill.
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- Who approves the example translations used as evidence?
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- Should it also cover other MPI teachers, or stay Jiqun-specific?
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