从EARS到CHEARS
From EARS to CHEARS

Questions from Marc:

Has there been a critical mass of researchers working with Chears throughout China?

Is here a sufficient number of composers and teachers working with Chears throughout China?

Is Chears still a research project or has it found a substantial following in China?

From Ken

Q:

As CMT was published this year, EARS terms should be translated completely ASAP, maybe by 2012 summer time?

A:

1)Term translation is not only a task, but also a good way to cultivate translators through Comment System in CHEARS.

2)A sustainable resources for the translator-cultivating opportunity, so it does not have to finish like a book, for example CMT.

A trend that more Database with funding from Chinese academic institution (CCoM for example) emerged, but what makes CHEARS different?

Non-academic human resources: "Panda"

http://chears.info/frontend/hr/allhr.aspx?hrid=71

New Features in 2011

1) Concerts

http://chears.info/News/bilingual/News_index%20en.aspx

2) Janpanese and Korean

http://chears.info/frontend/glossary/Japanese%20and%20Korean.aspx