As a brief follow-up to our post the other day about Chinese signs, specifically the usage of “者” and “中”, this hand crafted sign found in Taiwan should reinforce their usage, while being at least vaguely amusing at the same … Continue reading
It’s easy to criticise English translations, but most of the time they do manage to get across the main point with minimal grammatical errors. I’m sure that soon there will be a flood of bad Chinese translations in English speaking … Continue reading
Unlike our last Advertising Hack, we can easily tell that this is an advert for the iPhone 3GS. Knowing that before reading anything else, we can prepare ourselves for the things we might run into when reading the text – … Continue reading
Following the recent election debate in the UK and with the 2010 election only a few weeks away, this word should be useful for reading Chinese language political news articles: 大選（大选） Pinyin: dà xuǎn Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄢˇ English: a general … Continue reading
This is an easy one for this first of a series looking at Chinese language advertisements. Looking at the billboard advertisement below, you’d be forgiven for thinking this was an advert for make-up or womens’ clothing. Behold the spectre of … Continue reading
