Singapore Expats

Hi, all

I am from Xi'an city in China. I am 30 years old（man). I am enjoy to hike.
I would like to find some of the friends to practice my English skills . We can practice our secondary language together in conversation.
I am responsible to prepare each topic in Chinese in every meet.
Hope we will improve language skills together.
email: [email protected].

你好， 我是印度人 但是在新加坡。 你在那？

sp786 wrote: ↑

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 12:18 am

你好， 我是印度人 但是在新加坡。 你在那？

I'd say he's in Singapore as he's using a local ISP.

Translates to (according to Prof Google): Hello, I am Indian but in Singapore. where are you?

Yes, I am living and working in Singapore now

Myasis Dragon wrote: ↑

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 7:35 am

Translates to (according to Prof Google): Hello, I am Indian but in Singapore. where are you?

Prof google is probably the guy who translated from English to mandarin in the first place

I once tried using Google translate in Thailand. They understood what I was trying to communicate - but they took a while because I'm guessing that the sentence structure in Thai was a little disjointed.

A good game is to take a phrase or sentence and run it through Google translate, using four or five different languages in sequence, and see what comes out on the other end.

smoulder wrote: ↑

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 10:37 am

Myasis Dragon wrote: ↑

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 7:35 am

Translates to (according to Prof Google): Hello, I am Indian but in Singapore. where are you?

Prof google is probably the guy who translated from English to mandarin in the first place

I once tried using Google translate in Thailand. They understood what I was trying to communicate - but they took a while because I'm guessing that the sentence structure in Thai was a little disjointed.

The issue is when you’re translating a sentence to a language where there isn’t a direct translation, or when the sentence structure is different it tends to come out a little weird.

Myasis Dragon wrote: ↑

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:17 am

A good game is to take a phrase or sentence and run it through Google translate, using four or five different languages in sequence, and see what comes out on the other end.

English to Spanish

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

El veloz zorro marrón saltó sobre el perro perezoso.

Spanish to Malay

Musang coklat yang pantas melompat ke atas anjing malas itu.

Malay to Swedish

Den snabba bruna räven hoppade på den lata hunden.

Swedish to Vietnamese

Cáo nâu nhanh nhẹn nhảy lên người con chó lười biếng.

Vietnamese to Maori

Ka peke te pokiha parauri ki runga o te kuri mangere.

Maori to English (not too much change!)

The brown fox jumped on the lazy dog.