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[To sum up the discussion: Question, why chinese aren't present at TA, they are considered not to speak english]
| quote: | Originally posted by ::TranceVanDyk::
they dont need to learn, nor would one put the effort to learn a language they really dont need just to communicate to westerners online. |
There is some truth. Consider, please, that China is an empire. You have lots of local languages in there with the official language being "Mandarin" (known to us Westerners as "Chinese"). The situation is much more worse than in Europe where everyone has to learn English as the main European language. In fact, in China a large part of the population does not speak "Mandarin". Okay, then consider there a lot of smart and young people around speaking, reading and writing Mandarin. There is no need for them to learn other languages because China is a world of its own (look at the olympic mascots, that is part of this very different culture).
Then consider that a few students (and nobody else) need to learn english. To make it hard for them they have to learn the western alphabet first (they use a different system). Once they managed to learn it they will need to speak the words they can already read and write. That is the next hurdle because the pronounciation of english words does not follow the way you write them and to make it especially difficult, the chinese languages are tonal languages where the way you pronounce the same vocabulary decides whether you name someone "mother" or "horse" (yes, the word for both is the same, it is just the way how to speak the word makes the difference). It is a completely different way to communicate.
Then consider that they take all hurdles and finally find TA. What do you think, do they understand words (and cultural outflows) such as "orly" "f*ck" "ch00n" and what there is more? I don't think so.
I met a few chinese students here in Dresden where they studied physics and biotechnologies. They did not speak german at all (they did not need to) and their english (needed) was underdeveloped. But nevertheless, it was quite interesting to discuss a few things with them (life-style, the role of sex in China, politics) to learn more about China. Was very interesting ....
But I would consider them to know, what Trance is (in some way Music is a universal language) so that I would expect China having a chinese counterpart to TranceAddict.com). Except that you cannot find it because it is all in "Chinese"....
And yes, try to search the chinese counterpart of "google" (google is blocked in China), baidu.com for mp3 files: it is officially allowed there to share mp3-files, look at http://mp3.baidu.com
Last edited by Ojay on Nov-12-2005 at 18:47
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