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[-] WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com 260 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Aha lets test my Chinese skills.

My life over here is terrible.
Work environment is not very good (or not very bad, too blurry for me to read), benefits are few
But don't need to worry, every day has about 10 people getting heavily injured
But I am very careful
I opened a small store, bussiness is not [unknown character]
Although I am not very familiar with English, but can still [Idk what this part says]
Can understand the words those white people speak
Hope I can [find a better life here?] I will work hard here, and
Will be careful with my body (becareful with not injuring my body)
Are you (plural) still good?
Very miss you (plural), wish we can meet again

That's my 2nd grade level understanding of Chinese ๐Ÿ˜…

(I am a former citizen of China, if you are curious how I know this. Now I am a US Citizen. Haven't spoken Mandarin or written in Chinese for 10+ years. I speak Cantonese at home not Mandarin)

[-] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 113 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You're very close! I'll make some edits.

1  My life over here is terrible.
2  Work environment is not very good (yes you're correct), benefits are few
3  But don't need to worry, every day has only about 10 people getting heavily injured,
4  and I am very careful.
5  We opened a small store, business is not bad.
6  Although I am not very familiar with English, I can still sometimes 
7  (This line is adding a word to the previous line)
8  understand what the white people (we meant westerners) are saying. (Line 6 to 8 are parts of the same sentence)
9  Hope I can get some fame here! I will work hard here, and
10 will be careful with my health
11 Are you (plural) still good?
12 Very miss you (plural), wish we can meet again

(I am a Hongkonger, speaking Cantonese since the day I was born. The other translations using translation software aren't accurate because there is an added character at line 7.)

[-] randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

Hi there Hongkonger.

[-] Falafels@aussie.zone 72 points 1 year ago

I'm impressed you remember it! Unless you're in 3rd grade now, in which case it's not as impressive.

[-] WtfEvenIsExistence@reddthat.com 37 points 1 year ago

On the internet, nobody knows you're a third-grader ๐Ÿ˜‰

Hey you know what's weird. I can remember a language I haven't used for 10+ years, yet I can't remember my Bitwarden password 2 days after changing it. ๐Ÿฅฒ

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

All this 24/7 surveillance and user tracking, they can pinpoint whether you're a 3rd grader now.

Back in the day...

[-] Dettweiler42@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here's Google's translation. Knowing zero Chinese myself, you did very well.

I live very poorly here.
The working environment is unbearable and the benefits are lacking.
But don't worry, only about + people are seriously injured every day,
And I am also very careful. We opened a small shop, and the business is doing well.
Although I don't know English very well, I can understand a little
Understand what those white people are saying.
I hope I can get ahead! I will work hard here, and
Be careful, physically.
How are you?
Miss you very much, hope we can meet again.

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 12 points 1 year ago

It's been so long since I studied any Mandarin that I remember almost nothing of it, but I find it really funny that Google translate somehow fucked up translating one of the easiest characters to learn.

For context, "+" is the character for 10.

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