你 是给他写剧本嘞
“Are you writing a script for him?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
翁导啊
“Director Weng?”
你 是给他 写剧本 嘞
“Are you writing a script for him?”
你是个职业编剧啊
“So you're a professional screenwriter.”
“Remember that you're hired to write a script for him, not to be pushy or overstep.”
In Chinese creative industries, clarifying who serves whom highlights the professional hierarchy between directors and writers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
write a screenplay/script
A standard professional phrase referring to screenwriting or playwriting.
for him
Prepositional phrase denoting beneficiary or recipient of the service.
Softens the interrogative remark with a colloquial, somewhat skeptical or probing nuance.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Wait until he shows you the script, then you'll know.”
“By the way, about that script of yours,”
“- Want to read my new script? - That's right.”
“That sounds like a line you'd write.”
“You are putting on an act for them.”
“You weren't just copying.”