Thursday, September 18, 2025

Use ChatGPT to translate Lesson Book messages

Prompt

Translate the entire document into Traditional Chinese.

Requirements:

  • Keep paragraph breaks and line breaks exactly the same as in the English original.

  • Do not keep square brackets [ ] from the English text.

  • Make all titles and subtitles bold (lesson title, section headings, and subpoints like A, B, C…).

  • For the Questions section, use numbered list (1), (2), (3) instead of plain bullets.

  • Do not add italics, underlines, or any formatting not present in the English original.

  • The main body text should remain plain, natural Traditional Chinese.

  • Ensure the translation is faithful and complete, without shortening or summarizing.


Reusable Prompt

Translate into Traditional Chinese.

  • Keep paragraph and line breaks exactly the same as the English text.

  • Do not include square brackets [ ].

  • Make all titles and subtitles bold.

  • In the Questions section, use numbered list (1), (2), (3)…

  • Do not add any formatting that isn’t in the original.

  • Keep the body text plain, faithful, complete, no summarizing.

 

Add an MP3 player to Blogger

 

To add an MP3 player to Blogger, you must first host your MP3 file on a third-party service like Google Drive or a dedicated audio hosting service. Then, in your Blogger post, switch to HTML view and use the <audio controls src="YOUR_MP3_FILE_URL"></audio> HTML tag to embed the player, replacing "YOUR_MP3_FILE_URL" with the direct link to your hosted MP3. 
Steps to Embed an MP3 Player
  1. Upload your MP3 to a file hosting service:
    • Google Drive: Upload the MP3 file to your Google Drive.
    • Other Services: Consider services like Dropbox, SoundCloud, or a dedicated audio hosting platform.
  2. Get the direct link to your MP3 file:
    • Google Drive: After uploading, open the file and look for an option to get a shareable link.
    • Important: You need the direct link to the MP3 file itself, not just the link to the file's preview page.
  3. Embed the audio in your Blogger post:
    • Open your Blogger post and click the pencil icon to open the post editor.
    • Switch to HTML view by clicking the HTML view icon.
    • Place your cursor where you want the audio player to appear.
    • Paste the following HTML code, replacing YOUR_MP3_FILE_URL with the direct link to your MP3:
      html
      <audio controls="controls">
        <source src="YOUR_MP3_FILE_URL" type="audio/mpeg">
      </audio>
      
    • Click the pencil icon again to return to the post editor and then publish your post. 

Friday, September 5, 2025

Use ChatGPT to translate the abbreviated version of life-study messages

Here’s a prompt you can reuse next time to reliably get the same kind of result (逐字翻译, 《创世记生命读经》语气, 并且经文使用恢复本圣经内容):


Prompt (English):
Translate this English abstract into Simplified Chinese. Do a word-for-word translation (逐字翻译), keeping the style and tone consistent with Life-Study of Genesis (创世记生命读经). For all Scripture quotations, please use the Recovery Version Bible (圣经恢复本). Keep the structure, headings, and subheadings from the original.


Prompt (中文):
把以下英文摘要翻译成简体中文。要求是 逐字翻译,中文的语气要保持与《创世记生命读经》一致。所有的经文引用请统一使用 《圣经恢复本》 的译文。保留原文的结构、小标题和层次。


👉 Next time you paste your English abstract, just prepend one of the above prompts. 

彙整信息中翻英

我會提供你兩種材料: 1)一或多篇「原始英文信息」(正式出版或正式翻譯版本) 2)一篇由這些英文信息「節錄、濃縮、重排」而成的「中文彙整信息」 你的任務是: 完全依照「中文彙整信息」的段落結構,逐段回填對應的英文內容。 嚴格遵守以下規則: 以中文彙整信息為 唯一結構骨架...