Hacking Chinese

A better way of learning Mandarin

Articles tagged with ‘Mental translation’

  1. How to stop translating in your head and start thinking in Chinese

    Translating everything in your head makes speaking and listening to Chinese slow and difficult. Here’s why it happens, and how to stop doing it and start thinking in Chinese instead.

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  2. Student Q&A, August 2024: Avoiding mental translation, untranslatable words and why practising translation is good

    How can you stop translating in your head? What are some Chinese words that can’t be translated? And why is translation a worthwhile learning activity?

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