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Curious Shanghai I: Bad English in JinJiang Park

JinJiang Park , that wonderful wonderland that we saw a few days ago, is, as Swiss James of ISpyShanghai.com discovers, a "rich vein of badly translated English". Reading through this sign just made us go "OMFGOMFGOMFGOMFGOMFG..." The 3,541 members of...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2007 11:39 PM by Shanghaiist

Filed under: Language

China's translation crisis

EastSouthWestNorth has translated an excellent story on the translation crisis in China that first appeared in Phoenix Weekly . It talks about the more than 1,000 foreign literary works that are translated and published in China each year (and we assume...

Published Sun, Nov 11 2007 9:36 PM by Shanghaiist

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EF now teaching Mandarin too?

English teaching is big business in China, and everyone seems to be trying to cashing in on it — everyone from big global names such as Berlitz to local players with less than orthodox methods . Just look around you, students are literally devouring their...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2007 8:05 PM by Shanghaiist

Filed under: Language

Shanghai Daily: 'Crazy English' guru a bit crazed

Li Yang (李阳) of the Shanghai-based Crazy English movement has been getting a lot of bad press lately, and Shanghai Daily 's Wang Yanlin is the latest to chime in, with a hard-hitting piece slamming the self-styled English guru who believes that getting...

Published Thu, Oct 10 2007 12:38 AM by Shanghaiist

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Teach English in North Korea!

This latest ad from the British Council (h/t to Danwei ) should appeal to the scores of English teachers in Shanghai who are looking for a change in environment, and the pay looks good too! -- The British Council/Foreign and Commonwealth Office English...

Published Sun, Sep 09 2007 3:50 PM by Shanghaiist

Filed under: Language

What goes on between Air China pilots and control towers around the world?

Lost Laowai brings our attention to the following soundbyte of a conversation between an Air China pilot and the control tower of the JFK Airport in New York. In it, the pilot fails to understand anything that the traffic controller was saying and his...

Published Sat, Sep 09 2007 4:18 AM by Shanghaiist

Filed under: Language

Chinese couple wants to name baby "@"

An innovative Chinese couple seeking a unique and distinctive name for their baby have arrived at the "@" sign, which in Chinese sounds like "love him" (爱他). Naturally, language officials (yes, those guys have struck again) were not amused. The unidentified...

Published Thu, Aug 08 2007 12:57 PM by Shanghaiist

Filed under: Language

Shanghai Metro shows middle finger to language watchdog

Not so long after its crackdown on foreign-language only signs in Xintiandi , the language police are now on to their next target -- the Shanghai Metro ! They have objected to plans by the subway operator to train its staff to learn basic phrases in five...

Published Wed, Aug 08 2007 1:53 AM by Shanghaiist

Filed under: Language

The most practical ChinesePod ever!

Sinosplice brought our attention to the following ChinesePod ( click here to download full episode ) which we think is one of the most practical lessons they've ever taught us. Well, this time, Ken and Jenny have decided we need to learn how to get our...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2007 2:12 PM by Shanghaiist

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Teach English in North Korea!

What goes on between Air China pilots and control towers around the world?

Chinese couple wants to name baby "@"

Shanghai Metro shows middle finger to language watchdog

The most practical ChinesePod ever!