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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
how do you get around the language barrier? do most speak english?
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Well for business i have an assistant who speaks perfect english. If we were both to write an essay she would get better marks for grammar i bet as well..lol
Most programmers there can at least read and write short form english.
In shanghai, you can find english many places. Over priced tourist areas have english speakers. However where i go, once i leave my hotel in the morning, that is it. No english anywhere..lol Taxis i can say left..right..straight...here...stop in Mandarin. Food is mostly pointing to picture menus if they don't have one in english. Although i have picked up quite a bit. one word sentences. Chicken...noodles...beer etc I can understand how much something is and respond with my counter offer which is lower, in Mandarin.
The people are nice, even a little effort to say thanks in Mandarin and they will help you.