# Any Chinese literate Dopers on the board?

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**Created:** [October 4, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chinese-literate-dopers-on-the-board/324697 "2005-10-04T04:15:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chinese-literate-dopers-on-the-board/324697/1 "2005-10-04T04:15:04Z")

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I’m sloooooooooooooooowly working on my English-Chinese/Chinese-English translation skills. What I’ve done so far can be read [here](http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=dotchan&keyword=Attempts+at+Translation&filter=all).

I’ve managed to keep up my conversational skills, but lack of immersion in the culture has still resulted in some very awkward phrasing. Any suggestions would be muchly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-chinese-literate-dopers-on-the-board/324697/2 "2005-10-04T11:40:58Z")

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> [@dotchan](#):
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> I’m sloooooooooooooooowly working on my English-Chinese/Chinese-English translation skills. What I’ve done so far can be read [here](http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=dotchan&keyword=Attempts+at+Translation&filter=all).
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> I’ve managed to keep up my conversational skills, but lack of immersion in the culture has still resulted in some very awkward phrasing. Any suggestions would be muchly appreciated.

I think it’s pretty decent - me, I can read Mandarin and English, but don’t as me to write or to translate!

I ran across some of the poems you trired to translate before. For example, the beans and the pot one in [Chapter 79 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms](http://www.threekingdoms.com/chapter.php?c=79). I also have with me a couple of Chinese/English articles on the subject of translating languages.