Month: September 2009

I need to know how to write ‘The coat is repaired" in Chinese characters. The person speaks Mandarin. Many thanks!

I am a native english speaker with an interest in finance as well as translation; particularly with English and Mandarin. I would like to know what kind of demand your company has for employees who can translate financial/business terms from English to Mandarin and vice versa.

Okay, so both Mandarin and Arabic have odd structure and pronounciations compared to english. To add on to that, they use symbols Americans don’t even recognize! How will I ever learn Mandarin/Arabic (writing/speaking/listening/reading)?? Any good websites? It will take years!

I can already speak chinese, although it’s not perfect. I’m mainly concerned with learning how to write the characters. any book I can buy from barnes and noble or something?

I do not know how to speak Chinese. My daughter is beginning her senior year of high school, my son is starting the 3rd grade. Their school does not offer Chinese, which I think is foolish. I am thinking of setting aside a couple of nights a week where all …

So how do they deal with the digital fonts? Isnt it way to much work just for one more typeface?

I am trying to learn Mandarin, but my friends say that books don’t really help – she said to listen to like those recordings or something. if you are or have learned Mandarin, what was the most effective way to learn for you?

I’ve been studying Mandarin for 4 years now and noticed it is really easy to find books and websites in USA for beginners but challenging to find eduational tools for more advanced students. Specifically, I’d like to find on the internet a Chinese to English dictionary tool or vocabulary list …

I am a Malay who is planning to take Mandarin seriously. However I don’t want my effort to go to waste if I am not able to use it on a daily basis. I know it is quite difficult to get to a precise percentage but any good estimate is …