Comments on: The Chinese Way of Doing Things http://china.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/the-chinese-way China adoption news, information and firsthand accounts by those who have been there. Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:02:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bill http://china.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/the-chinese-way/comment-page-1#comment-29 Bill Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:24:16 +0000 http://china-adopti.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/10/15/the-chinese-way#comment-29 I think the most important cultural difference to know when you go to China is that Chinese does not have words which translated directly into "yes" or "no".<br /> <br /> The result is that, sometimes even advance English language students make a mistake, saying "Yes" when a native speaker would say "no".<br /> <br /> Rather than depending upon a one word answer....get a sentence. "Yes I do" or "No I don't". This will avoid translation errors. I think the most important cultural difference to know when you go to China is that Chinese does not have words which translated directly into “yes” or “no”.

The result is that, sometimes even advance English language students make a mistake, saying “Yes” when a native speaker would say “no”.

Rather than depending upon a one word answer….get a sentence. “Yes I do” or “No I don’t”. This will avoid translation errors.

]]> By: Nancy Spoolstra http://china.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/the-chinese-way/comment-page-1#comment-28 Nancy Spoolstra Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:26:11 +0000 http://china-adopti.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/10/15/the-chinese-way#comment-28 That movie trailer was horrific. Unbelievable. That movie trailer was horrific. Unbelievable.

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