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‘Chinglish’ website targets Asians lost in mistranslation
by Clifford Coonan in Beijing
CHINA: Rich parents in the United States are desperately seeking
Chinese nannies to tutor their charges in Mandarin, the language of the
future for westerners keen to make inroads in China. Meanwhile, in
China, 300 million people are learning English, the language of their
future.
Both tongues are de rigueur among the aspiring middle classes in their
respective linguistic catchment areas, but both languages are also
notoriously difficult to learn.
Betwixt these two heavy burdens of linguistic expectations steps
chinglish.com – http://www.chinglish.com – an online service that translates
from Chinese into English and back again.
“Chinglish.com sees its mission in facilitating communication between
speakers of Chinese and English. As far as we are concerned,
international organisations will only have two official languages of
work in the future: Chinese and English. Our portal can save billions of
dollars in translation and interpretation costs,” said Marius van
Bergen, chief executive of the Chinglish website, which launched this
week.
“Chinglish’s mission is to promote linguistic and cultural exchange
between China and the West by creating a virtual internet community in
which Chinese and English coexist and enrich each other,” Mr van Bergen
said in a statement.
Chinglish is a word that means a sort of Chinese-English pidgin. It is
so widespread in Asia that it effectively functions as a creole
language, but sometimes it does look funny on signposts.
A personal favourite is “F**k the certain price of goods” instead of
“Sale Now On”, while “Children is not recommended” also rings true.
“Enter the mouth”, a mistranslation of the Chinese characters for
“Entrance” is also very common on signposts, causing blushes.
The Chinese government is running a major drive to standardise the use
of English on public signs before the Beijing Olympics in 2008. A group
called the “Beijing Speaks to the World Committee” is scouring the
capital looking for signs lost in mistranslation. For instance,
Beijing’s Park of Ethnic Minorities was signposted, hilariously, as
“Racist Park”. But not for long. (Fulltext from The Irish Times – Nov 3, 2006)
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Digital Repositories Librarian: Responsibilities: This new position assists in the development, management and promotion of campus and cooperative digital repositories and services. Initial focus will include design and creation of a robust and innovative digital repository for the University, building on prior initiatives. Reporting to the Coordinator of the new Digital Repository Services Department, the Digital Repositories Librarian will contribute to departmental planning, development, and evaluation of services, work closely with others to leverage the full range of library expertise and resources in building and managing digital repositories, contribute to development of policies and procedures, create new collections within the repositories, provide direct user support, education, and documentation, and provide training for Libraries staff. This position will create Web pages, write scripting programs to support repository development, serve as departmental liaison, serve as an expert on digital repositories and other open access repositories as well as copyright issues surrounding digital repositories. For a full job description, including responsibilities, requirements, salary, and application process please view the CSU web site: http://lib.colostate.edu/pers/openings.html. For full consideration, all application materials must be received by 5:00 p.m. December 14; however, the search may be extended if a suitable candidate is not identified. CSU is an EO/AA employer.