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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| Radical pronunciation | 12/11/2011 | Terry Thatcher Waltz |
| Q: I've just started with Mandarin and have an assignment which requires me to write the pronunciation ... A: Well, first let me say -- what a useless assignment! You're clearly in a very traditionally taught ... | ||
| Unknown Character | 12/1/2011 | Sir William |
| Q: I was inputting some old texts into my computer and ran across a character I am unsure of. It is ... A: Good morning, Lucian, Thank you for your follow-up question. The word should have been written as ... | ||
| Unknown Character | 12/1/2011 | Sir William |
| Q: I was inputting some old texts into my computer and ran across a character I am unsure of. It is ... A: Good morning, Lucian, The character that you posted appears to me to be partial. The nearest ... | ||
| Do you know any good tasteful and clean chinese jokes | 11/8/2011 | Sir William |
| Q: I'm looking for a good (clean) joke i can tell my chinese girlfriend. She's a native to sichuan ... A: Good morning, Ryan, Thank you for your email. "Heard at the Coroner's Court for the death of ... | ||
| Superstition | 10/22/2011 | Sir William |
| Q: My parents always tell me not to sleep with my hair wet, because it will cause "fung seep/sup" ... A: M, If you really want to catch a cold, go sleep with your hair wet. That's why my parents said. I ... | ||
| Statue of one of the taoist immortals | 10/3/2011 | Sir William |
| Q: I found this neat statue of a toaist immortal.(Iron crutch Li) Looks pretty detailed dont know much ... A: Tom, Thank you for your follow-up question. My wild guess would be that the figurine was made ... | ||
| Statue of one of the taoist immortals | 9/30/2011 | Sir William |
| Q: I found this neat statue of a toaist immortal.(Iron crutch Li) Looks pretty detailed dont know much ... A: Tom, "Iron-Crutch Li (traditional Chinese: 李鐵拐; simplified Chinese: ... | ||
| Please Help | 8/18/2011 | Sir William |
| Q: please help me decipher the markings on the bottom of a bronze forged item that I found in a closet. ... A: Claire, Thank you for your question. While I am not an archeologist, and no expert in antiques, I ... | ||
| Inscription on a statue of a turtle who is a monk | 8/16/2011 | Sir William |
| Q: and thank you very much for being willing to answer questions. For my birthday two days ago, I ... A: Julian, First of all, a belated happy birthday and many happy returns! The two chareacters on the ... | ||
| Old Chinese | 7/19/2011 | Sir William |
| Q: I have an image attached and hope that you can help identify if this is old Chinese or a different ... A: John, Thank you for providing a very interesting graphic. I have to admit that I am not ... | ||
| Translation | 7/5/2011 | Cmei |
| Q: I'm sure if this is in Chinese or Japanese. Could you please help in a translation? A: The chinese words in the picture: ... | ||
| Questions for your Culture | 6/10/2011 | Cmei |
| Q: I am a sophomore majoring in nursing. I need to conduct an interview from someone from a different ... A: 1) I am currently living in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. I am born in Perak and grown up ... | ||
| Chinese | 6/1/2011 | Sir William |
| Q: The picture below has a friend's name in it. Can you please give me the pinyin for it? Kind ... A: Good morning, Maddy, Thank you for your question. 莎拉: Sara The pinyin for it: ... | ||
| Translate this for me please. | 5/8/2011 | Sir William |
| Q: Could you please translate that for me what it means, in English and Chinese? Thanks in advance. A: Hallo, Fabian, Thank you for your question. The word 慧 in Pinyin is "huì". By itself, the ... | ||
| Translation of very small Chinese text from an image | 4/29/2011 | Sir William |
| Q: Here's a background to the image: It's about a game, and each line describes what happens when a ... A: John, As requested: "超级轮子(范围更大) Super ... | ||
| Please Translate This Photo. | 4/27/2011 | Terry Thatcher Waltz |
| Q: I was wondering if you could possibly type the characters in this photo out, along with the english ... A: 启动成功进入游戏仓库按ctl+shift ... | ||
| I need this translated. | 4/27/2011 | Sir William |
| Q: I was wondering if you could possibly just type this out in chinese letters. Thanks. A: Rachel, My understanding is that you want me to type out the Chinese letters in the image that you ... | ||
| Chinese Names and Naming Conventions | 4/24/2011 | Terry Thatcher Waltz |
| Q: I'm trying to come up with a name for a Chinese girl in a modern story I'm writing but I'm ... A: Sorry, I didn't get notified that your follow-up was waiting at allexperts... :-( The University ... | ||
| Chinese Names and Naming Conventions | 4/23/2011 | Terry Thatcher Waltz |
| Q: I'm trying to come up with a name for a Chinese girl in a modern story I'm writing but I'm ... A: Chinese names consist of the surname, which comes first, and a given name. There is actually a list ... | ||
| Gift for a baby | 3/17/2011 | Terry Thatcher Waltz |
| Q: Would it be appropriate for a stranger to give a Chinese woman a gift for her baby. I was thinking ... A: I am sure that would be most appreciated. Traditionally, red would be the best color. If the person ... | ||
| correct words? | 3/16/2011 | Sir William |
| Q: I'm trying to look up a few words, and there are many of the same one. How will an American find the ... A: H, I am sorry for the time it takes to respond to your repost. You and I are in different Time ... | ||
| correct words? | 3/15/2011 | Sir William |
| Q: I'm trying to look up a few words, and there are many of the same one. How will an American find the ... A: I hope you are not working with MI6. Last time, they sent M and Q but didn't manage to squeeze too ... | ||
| Chinese Character(s) for the English town of Southwell | 2/11/2011 | Cmei |
| Q: can you please help me find out what the Chinese Character or Characters are for the town in England ... A: I have found two names for Southwell through google: ... | ||
| Chinese Homonym Problem | 2/7/2011 | Sir William |
| Q: I just started learning Mandarin Chinese and it seems to me like there are many words in Chinese ... A: There are many words in Chinese that sound almost (some, exactly) the same including the same tone. ... | ||
| TRANSLATION FROM CHINESE TO ENGLISH | 1/19/2011 | Sir William |
| Q: CAN YOU TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING PLEASE 2011/1/19 淘寶香港客服 ... A: Joyce, Voilà! "2011/1/19 Taobao Hong Kong Customer Services. Your message has been received. We ... | ||
| 8 | 1/18/2011 | Sir William |
| Q: I hope you can help me. I have a printing plate of the front page of the British newspaper "The ... A: Ms. Willmott, In Chinese culture, certain numbers are believed by some to be auspicious (e.g. 8, 9, ... | ||
| Chinese Character | 1/18/2011 | Terry Thatcher Waltz |
| Q: I was wondering if you could please translate the attached chinese character for me. =) Thanks! A: This is a Simplified form (from Mainland China). It can be read either "le" or "yue". It doesn't ... | ||
| simple translation | 1/8/2011 | Sir William |
| Q: I am writing a novel with Chinese characters, and I am hoping you can help translate the English ... A: Camille, In Chinese, the word "Nu" means female, the word "Hai" means kid/teenager. As such, when ... | ||
| simple translation | 1/5/2011 | Sir William |
| Q: I am writing a novel with Chinese characters, and I am hoping you can help translate the English ... A: Camille, 1. Sweet Girl - "可""爱""的"(sweet)Pinyin="Ke""Ai""Di"[adjective] ... | ||
| Help translating postage stamp | 12/19/2010 | Terry Thatcher Waltz |
| Q: This anvelop arrived and I don;t understand what it says on the postage stamp. Can you tell from the ... A: Well, this is not a postage stamp; it is just something printed on the envelope indicating that ... | ||
| Translate image for baby snack product | 12/18/2010 | Sir William |
| Q: My family has been trying to find this product, but we can't find anyone who understands the label. ... A: Gabriel, Word-to-word translation: Good Ma Ma (good mother). Pronunciation: Hau Ma Ma. The ... | ||
| A Chinese poem? | 12/9/2010 | Sir William |
| Q: I would like to know if the Chinese characters (picture herewith attached) on a pair of antique ... A: though the Chinese characters therein are still somewhat blurry. I think there's a restriction on ... | ||
| Is this chinese? | 12/7/2010 | Terry Thatcher Waltz |
| Q: I'm troubleshooting a technical issue for a Combat Arms player. It would be easier if I could ... A: Yes, it is Chinese...but it's not an error message. This is just the list of alternatives that ... | ||
| What college/University should I go to if I want to become a translator/interpretor? | 12/1/2010 | Terry Thatcher Waltz |
| Q: I asked a couple people for advice, and they said I should major in something like Communications ... A: You should go to the least expensive college you can find. Seriously. It makes no difference at all ... | ||
| English to Chinese Translation and Visa Versa | 11/24/2010 | Sir William |
| Q: I don't understand a bit of Chinese. However, I'd like to communicate in Chinese over the internet ... A: Green, Thank you for your enquiry. I do not think there's any software that can translate one ... | ||
| why add 儿, the pinyin r after some words | 11/16/2010 | Terry Thatcher Waltz |
| Q: I'll like to know why you must add 儿, the pinyin r after some chinese words. Thank you your ... A: The "r" sound just represents the variety of Mandarin spoken in Beijing -- or what people believe is ... | ||
| how to pronounce "qiongqi" | 10/25/2010 | Terry Thatcher Waltz |
| Q: Waltz, Can you tell how "qiongqi" would be pronounced in English? I found the term "A Chinese ... A: Sounds like that will be an interesting story! I couldn't figure out the best way to "spell" the ... | ||
| Could you translate these inscriptions. | 10/1/2010 | Sir William |
| Q: I've photographed the inscriptions on an item I have, and was wondering if you could translate ... A: Eoghan, Thank you for your note. It's not so much what the material of the article is made of. ... | ||
| Translation for two character | 9/27/2010 | Terry Thatcher Waltz |
| Q: the link below is a picture of a tattoo of two asian charaters, Im not sure what language exactly, ... A: The character on the left, si3, means "death". The one on the right, "sheng1", means "life". The ... | ||
| Asian characters translation | 9/27/2010 | Sir William |
| Q: The link below is a picture of a tattoo. I am not sure of which language the characters are but I ... A: John, These are Traditional Chinese characters. The word on your left hand side means "dead" (it is ... | ||
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My mother-tongue is Chinese and I received formal Western education. I can help you with (English>Chinese; Chinese>English) translations for free. Please limit your question within 30 words. I will not assist in racially discriminatory, vulgar and lewd questions. Unless I am away from my base, the normal turnaround time is approximately 24 hours.
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I am a professional hotelier with extensive senior managerial/training experience in China, Canada and Australia.
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