What are my options for Mandarin and Cantonese speech recognition software? [more inside]
posted by querty on Nov 10, 2009 - 1 answer

Where can I find American jazz standards sung in Mandarin? [more inside]
posted by MostHolyPorcine on Nov 8, 2009 - 4 answers

Does anyone have any details about this East Asian song? [more inside]
posted by cloeburner on Oct 5, 2009 - 10 answers

How can I break down a long list of strings into individual characters on a Windows box? [more inside]
posted by RavinDave on Sep 25, 2009 - 2 answers

硬背. Please translate this into English for me. [more inside]
posted by killdevil on Sep 22, 2009 - 4 answers

I need an Excel conditional formatting formula for locating dups within a two-column row. [more inside]
posted by RavinDave on Jun 12, 2009 - 3 answers

Any recommendations for popular children's movies or television series in Mandarin? I have a 5 and 3 year old learning Mandarin and was looking for something other than dubbed American stuff. [more inside]
posted by stchang on Apr 5, 2009 - 5 answers

Apropos of the recent MeFi front-page post concerning Grass-Mud Horses: could the Mandarin-speakers in the audience help me locate a place on the Web to buy a t-shirt featuring said animal? [more inside]
posted by killdevil on Mar 14, 2009 - 2 answers

Good examples of intercultural communications based on ideograms or common concepts? [more inside]
posted by Bio11 on Feb 22, 2009 - 13 answers

Best way to study Mandarin at home, when I can spare 4 hours a day for 2 ½ months? [more inside]
posted by CruiseSavvy on Feb 18, 2009 - 15 answers

How do you get a foothold when trying to learn a non indo-european language? [more inside]
posted by empath on Jan 8, 2009 - 14 answers

Have you personal recommendations for Mandarin language classes in Seattle? [more inside]
posted by |n$eCur3 on Aug 28, 2008 - 2 answers

I'm looking for a reputable and effective Chinese Mandarin school / teacher / tutor in the Los Angeles area. [more inside]
posted by jabberjaw on Aug 4, 2008 - 1 answer

Where can I get Disney movies dubbed in Mandarin? [more inside]
posted by rubberkey on Jun 6, 2008 - 6 answers

Which Chinese dialect should I learn to best survive in Shanghai, and how? Difficulty: I have 6 weeks. [more inside]
posted by 0xFCAF on Mar 23, 2008 - 10 answers

Can anyone recommend some good Mandarin programs in China? [more inside]
posted by Dr.James.Orin.Incandenza on Feb 9, 2008 - 5 answers

Please help me find a reliable (hopefully free) translation service so that I can ace my Mandarin test. [more inside]
posted by JamesJD on Sep 18, 2007 - 7 answers

Need to take a language next year; Japanese or Mandarin? [more inside]
posted by pwally on Jun 26, 2007 - 37 answers

I'm looking for some good Mandarin Chinese online reading -- news, blogs, etc. Very simple -- no fancy academic language. [more inside]
posted by jruckman on Dec 11, 2006 - 5 answers

Does a "Chinese Tone Checker" software program exist? For that matter, does any software exist that will show the pitches in my voice in a way that I could perfect my tones? [more inside]
posted by trinarian on Nov 11, 2006 - 6 answers

Need help pronouncing some Cantonese (preferably audio) [more inside]
posted by beammeup4 on Sep 5, 2006 - 10 answers

ChinaFilter part III - Give me advice for living, teaching, and learning Mandarin in Jiangmen! [more inside]
posted by dihutenosa on Sep 4, 2006 - 6 answers

How do I embed a Chinese font subset into an Adobe Acrobat .pdf file? [more inside]
posted by RavinDave on Aug 22, 2006 - 4 answers

Should I study at TaiDa and incur a US$10,000 debt or teach English in Jiangmen (near HK) and, you know, not be broke? Primary focus: learning Mandarin for future international business/applied technology grad school/career. [more inside]
posted by dihutenosa on Aug 19, 2006 - 7 answers

How hard is it to get work in Hong Kong without being fluent in Chinese? [more inside]
posted by Big Fat Tycoon on Jun 2, 2006 - 5 answers

I'm presently working on a set of Pimsleur Mandarin CDs, and the Pimsleur system is spoken-only. I'm dying to write down what I've learned (I'm addicted to practicing with note cards, I don't feel that I'm really working hard on a language until I have a thick deck of dirty, dog-eared note cards.) But I'm nowhere near ready to write stuff down in Chinese characters. Is there a standard or widely used way of transliterating Mandarin into Latin characters, and somehow also indicating the tonal content?
posted by jfuller on May 9, 2006 - 9 answers

Any suggestions for a good Mandarin Chinese class in Chicago for someone with some Mandarin experience (not an absolute beginner)?
posted by rabbitsnake on Oct 4, 2005 - 3 answers

I've started studying Mandarin. In a couple weeks I'll be going on vacation to a city where I should be able to pick up some CDs of pop music in Mandarin. What should I get? Clear voices (not drowned out by instruments or distortion) are a plus; I dislike rap; otherwise I'm open to anything.
posted by Jeanne on Jun 17, 2005 - 10 answers

I bought a tape at goodwill the other day. It's in a chinese dialect and there is no english on the packaging. It's got a great Mandarin/Chinese cover of Addicted to Love and I'm hoping you guys can help translate the artist's name, and hopefully the name of the album, too. Copyright 1987, by the way. Here's a scan of the sleeve.
posted by Evstar on Feb 25, 2005 - 6 answers

While I was in Taiwan this past month, I was sure that I heard a Mandarin version of Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er Boi" on the radio/sound-system while browsing through a store... does anyone know what the song/artist is? Or, on a similar note, other Mandarin songs/artists that either cover or steal their melodies from American/English songs?
posted by numble on Feb 13, 2005 - 3 answers

Language programs abroad. I'm a university student, I'm Canadian, and I'm wondering if anyone could recommend a good immersive program aboard for studying French or Chinese. I doubt I can be proficient in either in one summer, and I already have a very basic grasp of both. What I'm looking for instead is a chance to go aboard to develop my french or mandarin further. Any suggestions other than commercial programs geared for Business-persons?
posted by phyrewerx on Nov 17, 2004 - 7 answers

Does anybody have any experience with learning Mandarin (specifically Putonghua, I guess) in North America? Are there any useful programs, tips, or strategies that people have employed? Are there any good online programs or resources? Is it extremely difficult for romance language speakers to pick it up? Thanks!
posted by loquax on Aug 30, 2004 - 8 answers