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Page 1: Chinese language – an overview

Chinese language – an

overview

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Chinese is one of the famous languages

around the world and it is spoken by maximum

of population in the world

Introduction

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Chinese dialect are of many types, some of the most common types are

MandarinCantonese

HakkaShanghaineseTaiwanese

Types of Chinese dialect

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It is tonal language

It has number of strokes

Features of Chinese language

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It doesn’t need grammar like verbs, tenses,

etc…

It does not have alphabet, the symbol itself delivers the

word.

Positive facts

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All Chinese languages regardless of its types, it is difficult for the newbie to learn.

Why it is so difficult???Check out further slides

Difficulty in Chinese languages

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Alike English Chinese has number of letters to learn to get basic knowledge.

1.More words

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As said before, Chinese has four tones. People have nothing to do with Chinese language without the knowledge of tones

2.Tones

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The strokes used in Chinese languages is the major factor which makes other language people afraid of Chinese.

Tough the stroke rate got reduces in mandarin, the difficulty factor still remains the same.

3.strokes

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As said earlier, Chinese doesn’t depend on grammar, the meaning differs on the sentence delivery where tones also plays major role.

So be cautious when you attempt to speak Chinese to the native.

4.Formation of sentence

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It is the Romanized letters which reveals the pronunciation of Chinese words.

This is introduced to help the non-Chinese people to easily understand the Chinese letters and its pronunciation.

pinyin

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Among all the Chinese languages, mandarin is used

commonly all over china and it is used for business purposes.

People who are in Hong Kong used Cantonese

And Taiwan people uses Taiwanese

Which is used more??

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Chinese translation is not as easy as people thing. People have to acquire knowledge previously mentioned parameters, it was then people can attempt to translate the files or documents

Translation of Chinese language

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Though there are number of software's and machine translators for the translation, precise and accurate translation is only got through professionals.

To know more about MT and professional translators visit the site http://haripriyahark.blog.com/2015/07/10/machine-translations-vs-professional-translations/

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Despite all the difficulties Chinese language remains

interesting and popular among the people worldwide

That because of the interesting

character representation and

writing method

What makes people learn Chinese

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These are just the overview on Chinese languages.

It is understood that people with basic knowledge in Chinese can translate only paragraphs or files for rough work.

When comes to professional translation, it is wise to contact Chinese translation services

conclusion

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Waterstone Translations is one such translation company with professional translators, they provide services like ◦ Document translation services◦ Legal translation services

To know more, visit the site http://www.waterstonetranslations.com.

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