Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Need a Mailing Address in Dalian?

We proud to offer mail and package services in cooperation with our partner, Dalian Express. This is a complete turnkey solution for the receipt, collection, and forwarding of any postal items.

In addition, Han Translation can provide its private and secure language services in Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, and English for all your international correspondences.

Please contact us to find out how your business can have a permanent mailing address in Dalian for a low monthly fee.

Dalian Express: Mailbox and Mail Forwarding Service from China

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Virtual Dalian

Han Translation is providing the language interface for a new hi-tech project that steps beyond the 2D Internet into a new 3D world. Virtual Dalian will be a complete digital reproduction of the famous Chinese city in the computer reality of Second Life. Iconic buildings from the historic central square are currently on display and open to the public. Walk around the streets or ride the vintage electric trolleys, while exploring this virtual world as an avatar - your digital self. Journey back in history to Russian or Japanese areas, or visit the modern locations that have transformed this vital seaport into a center for technology development.

Full scale construction of the city is currently underway, with extensive time spent on ensuring accurate and historic architectural details. Until completed, visitors are welcome to enter the finished locations, which function as 3D museums. Virtual travel guides, maps, brochures, and other digital gifts are also offered free to the public.

Just as Dalian is a historic venue in Real Life, Virtual Dalian is becoming an equally famous landmark in the Metaverse. The Virtual Dalian project was created exclusively by SongLi. The 3D experience provides another way to introduce the city to the world, for people unable to visit in person. Login to Second Life from your computer and enter a simulation of Dalian, all from the comfort of home.

Login to Virtual Dalian @ Second Life

Friday, February 08, 2008

Dalian Photobook by SongLi

Everyday Dalian: Life in Modern Manchuria. A former colony briefly founded by Russia but later developed over two generations by Japan, Dalian has always been a strategic hub for control of Northeast China. SongLi's photography collection about the city and its population has won multiple international awards. Each image captures the richness and color of the modern-day Manchurian metropolis, documenting its transition over six years.

The "slice of life" presentation, a hallmark style of SongLi, offers a new depth to the environments and people living in this historic port. These pictures also present an original artistic and realistic view of a community shaped by the turbulent legacy of its foreign occupation, and the aftermath of the bitter Chinese Civil War, to emerge as one of the leading cities in the country.

This book also comes with a foreword by Phil Borges. The humanitarian photographer is famous for his signature black and white portraits with hand tinted skin tones of endangered cultures around the world.

ISBN: 0-9763168-5-4 @ www.amazon.com / Pages: 264 / Photos: 252