Talk:Ho Chung Kin

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• ... that the Olympic shooter Ho Chung Kin translated over 150 Tang and dynasties poems, maintaining a rhyme structure that mirrored the original classical Chinese poems?

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  The article notes: "One man in Hong Kong is trying to bring the original rhythm back to English. He has translated more than 150 Tang and Song dynasty poems from classical Chinese, rendering not only the literal meaning, but a rhyming scheme similar to the original—something that has not been done before on such a large scale. But Ho Chung-kin—whose book Chinese Poetry of Tang and Song Dynasties: A New Translation was recently published by Commercial Press—is no ivory tower literary scholar."

• ALT1: ... that within weeks of the Olympic shooter Ho Chung Kin submitting his book about poems to his publisher, the book was available for sale? Source:

  The article notes: "His uniqueness is why just weeks after he sent in his manuscript of 153 translated poems, Commercial Press has already put his 220-page book on the shelves."

• ALT2: ... that the Olympic shooter Ho Chung Kin became an assistant professor in architecture at the University of Hong Kong? Source:

  The article notes: "By day, he is an assistant professor at the School of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong and a practising surveyor immersed in the cold logic of building codes and regulations. ... In the late 1970s, a friend took Ho pistol shooting at a gun club. He subsequently started going out at 6am every weekday to practise before work. He spent half of Saturdays practising as well. Years later, Ho became one of the best shots in Hong Kong and represented the city in pistol-shooting at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, as well as the Asian Games in Beijing in 1990."

• ALT3: ... that the Olympic shooter Ho Chung Kin became an assistant professor in architecture at the University of Hong Kong and a translator of classical Chinese poems? Source: See above.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Henry (tuatara)

5x expanded by Cunard (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 89 past nominations.

Cunard (talk) 13:47, 12 January 2025 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
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Overall: New enough and long enough. Hook facts are cited to reliable sources; I personally like the Olympic shooter x translator approach taken by the original. Earwig shows no issues. QPQ is done. Good to go.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 16:41, 12 January 2025 (UTC)