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3Hotdogs

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8. So what do you get when you ask Google translate to go from English to Chinese?

Reply to malaise (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 08:18 AM

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Is the Chinese menu at the local restaurant in Cantonese?

I use to joke when I went to an Asian restaurant with my friends.

"I can read some of this. This one says, 'Yankee imperialists out of South East Asia." My wife would give me a dirty look and my friends would politely chuckle.

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The Chinese language has been highly resilient over more than three millenia dedl67 Yesterday #9

Mandarin or one of their other languages? malaise Yesterday #2

My son speaks and reads Mandarin. His brother, my other son, who spent last summer in China, also speaks some Mandarin. NNadir Yesterday #3

Fabulous malaise Yesterday #6

Your son is accomplished. drray23 Yesterday #7

So what do you get when you ask Google translate to go from English to Chinese? 3Hotdogs Yesterday #8

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