How to avoid Chinglish?

nina26

Sometimes we have no idea if we are talking like native speakers, especaily when we are translating something. And I am so confused. However, I can't offer you an example right now even though I've racked my brains. Maybe we should find some native speakers and practice English with them. But how can we find such good native speakers that can be so patient to listen to our English? Or read English books and watch English channels as many as we can? Anyway, I hope we can work together here and find out the best solution together!

Andy2010

The only way to avoid Chinglish is to talk with Americans often. Could you please visit Kaibell website: www.kaibell.cn , where there are a lot of americans

robin001688

hello . i am coming .  i also have a problem of  chinglish .  you said that  we'd better find some native speaker to practise . i do it indeed,but i find that's in vain.

moli

the key to avoid Chinglish is to study the grammar and sentence structure well.

hirondelle

Don't worry about that problem! Native speakers can perfectly understand what you mean! Just think that when you hear foreigners speak Chinese with terrible pronounciation, you can still guess the meaning. Anyway, I don't mean that we should not care our communication mistakes, just remember to communicate unaffectedly----that's enough!

C`P

make friends with foreigners .

mybeloved

you are right. As we know ,we cannot translate something as like the natives usually.So I  come here  and wish to find the approach

chenzhenbashen

the most important thing is the environment we learn,so in my view,if we learn and prictise English in China or communicate with Chinese, we will sometimes express some so called "Chinese English"more or less.But I think a foreigner will understand our meaning easily.As to the best means to avoid "Chinese English",living abroad or make friends with foreigner maybe better choice.

nina26

I feel the same way with you! only when  you use what you learned can you master them.

Angelamic

I have  no idea.For me ,I 'm doing much translation to improve my translating skill.Whatever English translating into Chinese or Chinese translating into English,both are benefic me to grap theis two language.But I have  bad memery,so I always forgot the new phrases I learned.I always think if I was surrounded by English that studying English would be easy.

Ginazhang

I also want to know how to avoid chinglish