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Chinglish
组员：吴海燕 冯华波 顾佳婧
孙 露 陆 凯 李 宁
Conversation
A:“Hello.”
B:“Hi.”
A:“You have what thing？”
B:“Can you speak English？”
A:“If I not speak English, I am speaking
what?”
B: “Can anybody else speak English？
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Chinglish
History
Definition
Examples
Reasons
Characteristics
Attitudes
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History
English first arrived in China in 1637, when
British traders reached Macao and
Guangzhou.
In pidgin English, some similar Chinese
sounds are used to substitute for the
equivalent English, either because of lacking
such sounds or because of influencing by the
dialects.
In 1982, the Chinese government made
English the main foreign language in
education.
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Definition of Chinglish
The English word Chinglish refers to
the mixture of Chinese and English
words,or the word for word
translation from Chinese.
The Chinese equivalent is Zhōngshì
Yīngyǔ.
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Reasons
Different thought pattern
Different habitual usage
Syntactic difference
Cultural difference
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1、怎么拼?
How to spell?
Typical Examples
√ How do you spell?
2、欢迎你到...
Welcome you to ... √Welcome to
3、祝你有个...
Wish you have a
...
4 .用英语怎么说？
√I wish you a ...
√How do you say this in
English?
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Characteristics of Chinglish
Saying the same thing twice
 暂时性 temporary in nature
 新发明 new innovation
 互相合作 mutual cooperation
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Characteristics of Chinglish
Unnecessary Words
1. 他的名字叫约翰。
A: His name is called John.
B: His name is John
2. 加快经济改革的步伐
A: to accelerate the pace of economic
reform
B: to accelerate economic reform
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Characteristics of Chinglish
Unnecessary noun
那时东北的形势仍然是敌强我弱。
A: at that time the situation in northeast
China was still one where the enemy was
stronger than the people’s forces
B: at that time the enemy was still stronger
than the people’s forces in northeast China
〔 “situation” 特别啰嗦，而且还将其它的词“one
where”牵进来了. 〕
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Characteristics of Chinglish
Unnecessary modifier
1. 在将来的30到50年间，我们在经济上将达到经
济发达国家的水平。
A: in another 30 to 50 years, we shall
approach the level of the economically
developed countries
√B: in another 30 to 50 years, we shall
approach the level of the developed countries
(通常情况下，“发达国家”已经意味着是经济上发达
的国家，因此，没有必要再加上修饰语。)
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Characteristics of Chinglish
Unnecessary Category Words
1. 促进和平统一事业
A: promoting the cause of peaceful reunification
B: promoting peaceful reunification
2. 中国经济现在还处在落后状态。
A: China’s economy is still in a state of
backwardness.
B: China’s economy is still backward.
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Characteristics of Chinglish
Unacceptable Collocation
1.参加考试 take part in an examination
take/sit for an exam
2.拥挤的交通crowded traffic
busy/heavy traffic
3.他们的思想还年轻
A: Their brain is still very young.
B: They are still very immature.
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Characteristics of Chinglish
Syntactic Error
1. 请再给我两小时。
Please allow me more two hours.
Please give me another two hours.
2. 和他结婚以后，她的麻烦就开始了。
After marrying him, her trouble began.
After marrying him, she began to have
troubles.
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Attitudes
1.Some people think that "make wrong translation is small thing,
but damage the image is serious".They think some identification
with important vocabulary translation is wrong.
2.But some people think that" face Chinese English, does not
need to be on one's guard for". They think that a little bit of
idioms changes, is not worth to entertain imaginary or
groundly fears and display of vanity.
In a world of knowledge economy age, our mental attitude may
be more tolerant, more calm, and lower our position, even if
something seems absurd.
3 . Foreigner's attitude t o w a r d s the Chinese-style English, some
foreigners do not think they are a serious error, their view is:
fun, or even meaningful.
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