Lost in Translation? Try a Google App
The slow boat to Chongqing left at 4 the next morning, according to Tan Kao, a helpful young man who approached me in the bustling port of Fengjie, a Yangtze River town not accustomed to foreign...
View ArticleWhy talking-to-text has taken off in China
Anyone who has ever written in Chinese on a computer, or composed a text message on their phone in that language, knows the typing process is not nearly as simple as in English. In most languages...
View ArticleUnconventional approach speeds Chinese fluency (Brandeis University)
(Source: Brandeis University) Unconventional approach speeds Chinese fluency Method leads to Brandeis' new MAT middle, high school program in Chinese The characters mean "teaching Chinese." By Laura...
View ArticleGoogle now lets you hand-write your e-mails
For many, typing has long overtaken handwriting as their primary word and sentence creation method. So much so that some schools no longer teach cursive. But now, Google is bringing some good old...
View ArticleTeacher exchange brings Chinese culture to schools
BALLSTON SPA — During his first visit to the United States, Shibin Wu was welcomed by a classroom of American children sounding out the tones of his native language. Wu, 39, is among four teachers...
View ArticleTip of the Week: Gmail in Many Languages
While hardware keyboards can be frustrating when trying to communicate by e-mail with people around the world, Google’s new collection of Input Tools for its Gmail service helps expand the options for...
View ArticleMeet the new me
For Jay Rayner, it means getting fitter; for Viv Groskop it's a chance to learn Chinese. But what might the new year mean for you? Ring the changes with our round-up of ideas Boxing day: Jay Rayner...
View ArticleChinese classes in the UK need more teachers
Students reluctant to learn Mandarin because they fear it will be too difficult. A perception that Mandarin is difficult to learn and a shortage of skilled Mandarin teachers in the United Kingdom has...
View ArticleLost in translation an everyday occurrence
When my mother visited China at the age of 73, she said it was the first and would be the last time. Being an independent woman, she liked to go out by herself, without a guide or an interpreter. To...
View ArticleGung ho about ketchup and other Chinese words
As a language expert, Alan Yu is used to all kinds of influences showing up in English words. But even the University of Chicago linguistics professor is surprised at the Chinese origins of the word...
View ArticleLost in translation - why Gillard's plan won't work
Language learners of Australia, let's be honest: we are not going to become a nation of Mandarin speakers overnight as Prime Minister Gillard would like us to be. As for her Asian white paper and its...
View ArticleChinese typewriter anticipated predictive text, finds Stanford historian...
Stanford Report, November 28, 2012 By reorganizing the typewriter's characters into ready-made clusters of commonly used words, Mao-era Chinese typists solved problems that cell phones only came to...
View ArticleSohu CFO Reveals That Browser Drives Growth of Sogou Search
iChinaStock URL iChinaStock is an English site targeting global investors in US-listed Chinese Companies. Recent Posts Tudou Aims to Raise $161 Million in IPO US-listed Chinese Education Stocks Total...
View ArticleAmerican pair's online project hope to record China's disappearing languages
Two Americans have taken on the daunting task of trying to document as many of what they say could be more than 3,000 varieties of spoken Chinese. Four years ago, Kellen Parker and Steve Hansen...
View ArticleDictation contest creates nostalgia for Chinese
NANNING - A national dictation contest in China has brought out strong nostalgia for traditional Chinese culture in the country now dominated by computers and mobile phones. The Chinese Character...
View ArticleChinese typewriter anticipated predictive text, finds historian
For most Americans, predictive text is something cell phones do. From the T9 system on clamshell phones to autocomplete on smartphones, tough-to-type-on cell phones have been natural candidates for...
View Article>Core Dump: Learning Games
Wow, has it been a month already since my last Core Dump column? I guess so. Time flies when you’re playing Draw Something. Seriously. At the time I wrote my column I was still playing the freebie...
View ArticleNeoSpeech Text-to-Speech Voice Enlivens iOS App, “HanZi Reader”
Mandarin Voice Helps to Teach Correct Pronunciation for Chinese Text Translation Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) September 21, 2012 NeoSpeech, a leader in text-to-speech (TTS) software and speech-enabled...
View ArticleThe changes to English we should make so English could be easier for...
The changes to English we should make so English could be easier for foreigners to learn Posted by asdeasde96 on July 6, 2013 01:28 am 0 I am not a linguist. From what I understand, though, the beauty...
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