This language phrasebook presents more than 1,500 Chinese expressions with translations to help English-speaking travelers get around in hotels, airports, train stations, restaurants, and other travel sites. The newly revised edition has been improved with more attractive and useful city maps, availability of ATMs, faxes, and other modern facilities in far-away cities and towns, and much more.
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Scott D. Seligman is a writer, a historian, a genealogist, a retired corporate executive and a career "China hand." He has an undergraduate degree in history from Princeton University with a concentration in American civilization and a master's degree from Harvard University. Fluent in Mandarin and conversant in Cantonese, he lived in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China for eight years and reads and writes Chinese. He has worked as a legislative assistant to a member of the U.S. Congress, lobbied the Chinese government on behalf of American business, managed a multinational public relations agency in China, served as spokesperson and communications director for a Fortune 50 company and taught English in Taiwan and Chinese in Washington, DC. He is the author of Chinese Business Etiquette (Hachette, 1999), Dealing With the Chinese (Warner Books, 1989) and Three Tough Chinamen (Earnshaw Books, coming in 2012) and co-author of The Cultural Revolution Cookbook (Earnshaw Books, 2011), Chinese at a Glance (Barron's Educational Series, 1985 and 2001) and Now You're Talking Mandarin Chinese (Barron's, 2006). He has also published articles in the Asian Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the China Business Review and the Jewish Daily Forward and has created several websites on historical and genealogical topics. He lives in Washington, DC.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great pocket sized travel dictionary.,
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This review is from: Chinese At a Glance (Paperback)
I would not suggest this book as a means of learning Chinese. Nor is this a book you would want to use for the translation of Chinese documents into English. The reasons being that only a few hundred words are in the dictionary and the book does not concentrate on grammar. Rather, the intention of this book is to be a handy travel dictionary and in this function, the book works very well. I carried this book with me everywhere during my year of travel in China. The first edition of the book was written during the time when foreigners could only shop in the Friendship Stores and so some of the shopping and restaurants phrases were a bit out of date. However, the book presents a translation of words and phrases, separated by topics such as "at the restaurant" or "at the hotel". There are words and phrases for use at the hotel such as "I would like to pay my bill", or "There is a problem with my room." You will find the words for dozens of foods which are arranged for example in groups of meat, vegetables or dessert which is very convenient when you go to a restaurant. Best of all, the book not only shows the pinyon, but also the characters. So, even if you can not pronounce the word correctly, you have the characters to show the waitress what you want to order. Very handy!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Chinese At A Glance,
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This review is from: Chinese At a Glance (Paperback)
Having spent quite a bit of time in China, I found the pronounciation guide in Barron's to be the most accurate and well defined. Same for social customs. The history section is interesting and well written. I have purchased other "Travelers" phrase and dictionaries and this one is the best.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Two books in one! Phrase book and dictionary,
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This book is just what it promises: A phrase book that concentrates on practical tourist and business situations and a brief dictionary that will help you get around. It's not an attempt to teach you Mandarin Chinese, but if you visit China with no language skills you'd be able to make a stab at one or two phrases--to the delight or amusement of your hosts. It is especially valuable in the pronunciation guide and the words in the book are marked with diacriticals so you have a hope of approximating the difficult tonal aspects of the language. It's written by Scott Seligman whose book on Chinese Business Etiquette is also invaluable.
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