Rather pain but not happy with ignorance

A little reflection on the happiness of the ignorance 

7/17/2018 by tt 

At Virginia Home 

Today, finally, after twenty days of work, I finished something and I am happy!

  My friend, a Taiwan based Prof. Sonam Wangyal emailed me a portion of 289 words from Monlam Great Tibetan Diction in the end of April and asked me to translate them into Chinese. I started the project about twenty days ago, but found it is much more challenging than I was expected. The project requires me to master the Traditional Chinese characters and a different way to typing on keyboard. Unlike to translate a text, translating dictionary is somewhat boring. I was assigned to translate the words that starts with the Ja (ཇ),  the seventh consonant of thirty Tibetan alphabets. The process of the translation is kind of simpler but much more limited in terms of develop a big picture or appreciate the inherent logical connection. The biggest challenge is to ensure it's accuracy. Sometimes, in order to find a right translation or make myself feel satisfied, I have to spend almost fifteen to thirty minutes for one term. This hardship, deeply shocked my shallow understand of the dictionaries I have been used in all my life. I realized the great values of the efforts made by the people who committed themselves to the work of compose a dictionary. I now, have a great respect for these scholars and want to bow to them. Ignorance is like the bacteria that make you sick, but it remains unrevealed until you feel not well. Or it is like you are spending the money that is given for free, you are happy to use them, but you have no idea about the true values of them. Ignorance is terrible and brutal. But the good news is, ignorance might lead one to see the truth after experienced the pain or embarrassment. I want to see the light of the truth even it is hard  to find. I have no appreciation for the ignorance, even if it makes me feel happy to thousands and thousands of years!

A 290 words essay wrote for Choetsow.