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1 March 2008

Chinglish

The German Sinologist Oliver Lutz Radtke has a made a study of Chinglish, the name given to the expression of English words in a peculiarly Chinese way that many assume is just 'wrong' English.


Guests

Oliver Lutz Radtke,
Sinologist and television news producer.

Further Information

Chinglish website,
an online museum, open for contribution as well as viewing, for the conservation of Chinglish expressions.

Publications

Title: Chinglish: Found in Translation
Author: Oliver Lutz Radtke
Publisher: Gibbs Smith

Presenter

Maria Zijlstra

Producer

Paul Penton

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