The Translator's Guide to Chinglish

by Joan Pinkham, 姜桂平 (Contributor)

In the book The Translator's Guide to Chinglish, the author systematically examines the common errors in English written by Chinese. She classifies the errors into different categories and gives a large number of examples collected from the Selected Works of Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and important official documents translated by Chinese, as well as articles from English newspapers and journals in China. The author analyses each example critically. And exercises are attached to each chapter, with proposed revisions. This is a valuable reference book for Chinese learners of English and translators working from Chinese into English.

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561 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2000

Reviews

[木 · Rating 4 out of 5]

英语进阶的必读之书，很多高翻也会犯“中式英语”的错误，这本书讲解很清楚，也配了一些习题，有助于进一步理解“英语思维”和“汉语思维”的不同

[Lupeng Jin · Rating 4 out of 5]

It isn't easy to turn the Chinese logic into the English one unless he/she suffers from what the wolverine experienced. The style of writing, speaking, and thinking is rooted in the Chinese people's genes so that we cannot always use the English language in its proper way. However, the skills can be obtained from practices. Through training, we can choose appropriate words in writing. The native speakers will not misunderstand the sentences we write on paper or type on the screen. This book provides us with many useful suggestions, and in it, the examples are typical, some of which are the same as what I am writing. I learned a lot from this book and would like to recommend it to you if your mother language is not English.

[Yilia W · Rating 4 out of 5]

A classic guidebook. Some chapters overlap what I read in "The Elements of Style", so it's like revision to me. I read all general introductions as the book abounds with examples, some of which are a bit dry and wooden to read. I do think I have to get hang of the principles explained in practice before I revisit these examples. I'll keep this guidebook at hand.

[Nautile · Rating 3 out of 5]

还挺中式的……
观其大略了一下，能理解但感觉用不太上。

[Luna · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Bible for Chinese translator

[Xiaomeiyangle · Rating 4 out of 5]

The subject is easy and essential，but the writting is good and handy.

[P M · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s a great book for Chinese-English translators to learn how to express in a more native way. It’s actually a must-read textbook for Chinese-English translators.