Tag Archives: Chinese

Manifold Chinese

Posted 167 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

I’m often asked what I mean when I refer to the Chinese language. Which Chinese? Do you mean Mandarin?, they say. Well, yes, the standard language of the People’s Republic of China is what has been referred to in the …

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Should you translate into your native language?

Posted 201 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

Some people will wonder why I have asked this question. Isn’t it pretty much given that translations should always be done by native speakers translating into their own language? Yes, but… The orthodox view is that only a native speaker …

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Chinese: simplified or traditional?

Posted 208 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

We are often asked what the difference is between Traditional and Simplified Chinese and when each should be used. The short answer is: use Simplified for mainland China (PRC) and Singapore, and use Traditional for Taiwan. However, it gets much …

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SEO in countries which don’t use Latin script

Posted 546 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

Since 2009, Google has been the leading search engine in most countries in the world. This means that, on a global scale, whatever Google says about SEO goes. But the big exceptions to this rule are China, Japan, South Korea, …

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Translating Chinese

Posted 606 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

Historically, Chinese was written either vertically, from top to bottom and right to left, or horizontally, from right to left, but for many years now the official standard has been horizontally from left to right. Many newspapers, however, often combine …

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