Illustration: Xia Qing

Movie lines

Cloud Atlas

云图

(yún tú)

A: Play that back.

弹一下吧。

(tán yīxià ba.)

B: I would love to, sir.

乐意为您效劳,先生。

(lèyì wèi nín xiàoláo, xiānshenɡ.)

[Frobisher sits at the piano]

B:Um... what key are we in?

呃…用什么调？

(e…yònɡ shénme diào?)

A: What key? G-minor, of course.

什么调？当然是G小调。

(shénme diào? dānɡrán shì G xiǎodiào.)

B: I see, and the time signature?

那么,什么拍子呢？

(nàme, shénme pāizi ne?)