FromDavid Still
<ds@davidstill.org>
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<Mike@CareerPlanner.com>
Re: Job- Mandarin Speaker
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Mike@CareerPlanner.com wrote: Hi David, Thanks for the clarification. Much appreciated. Mike From: David Still [mailto:still@davidstill.org] FYI, there's no such thing as written Mandarin. Mandarin is a dialect just like Cantonese and it's spoken not written. There are primarily 2 major styles of writing; Traditional and Simplified Chinese. Simplified was created after the Cultural Revolution by Mao to increase literacy. Read more here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_written_language The Chinese written language consists of a writing system stretching back nearly 4000 years. Its logographic writing system employs a large number of symbols, known as characters, to represent individual words or morphemes. The writing system is considered to have also been a unifying force for much of Chinese history, transcending differences in spoken language