Category: Chinese language
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Learning Traditional Chinese After Simplified
I calculated that 98 per cent of the world now uses Simplified Chinese. And yet I chose to go to Taiwan to learn Chinese. Bipolar Camps of Traditional vs Simplified Apparently, the university where I studied Chinese saw an influx of students because China’s borders were closed. Here’s why I decided to go to Taiwan.…
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Translation job opportunity for the Huang Yao Foundation (CN -> EN)
If you are interested in translating for the Huang Yao Foundation, get in touch with me. They are looking for a group of capable translators as they plan out their translation needs. You can register your interest and then there might be silence for a while but they have thousands of content to translate. Things…
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Chinese New Year: questions your children might ask
Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival or Lunar New Year, is the most important traditional festival in China celebrated at the turn of the lunar calendar, usually in late January or early February. It is a time for families to gather, exchange gifts, and participate in traditional activities such as dragon and lion…
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I’m taking the next step to learn Chinese in Taiwan
I regularly go on language exchanges to practise Chinese. At every meeting, half the time, someone would say that my Chinese is very good and they see no need to really undertake such a disruption to life and career. So why am I bothering to dedicate months to go to Taiwan to learn Chinese? My…
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What does my accent when speaking Chinese say about me?
I’m currently travelling the UK and I was in the northern part of England recently. If you know the UK, the accents vary much more at much lesser distance, unlike in the US or Canada where there’s more homogeneity. As I got off the train one hour north from London, I could hear a slight…
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Is Chinese hard to learn? Here are my tips.
Chinese is hard to learn but I have some bite-sized tips for you that have helped me a lot.