December 19, 2007

Australian Prime Mister speaking Mandarin Chinese

Here is another case in point where someone who isn’t a Native Mandarin Chinese speaker speaking Mandarin Chinese, staying within "Pronunciation Guidelines" and being understood. Here Prime Minister Rudd is doing his interview in Mandarin Chinese even when the reporter tried to continue exchanges in English, Mr Rudd insisted on using Mandarin Chinese. Mr. Rudd may not sound like a native but he is clearly well understood.

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February 26, 2008

Brigitte @ 1:42 am:

Is it possible to get a transcript (preferably in traditional Chinese) of Kevin Rudd’s interview with CCTV?

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jthomas @ 2:29 am:

You can get a transcript from CCTV for sure. This interview is not that hard to transcript so I would think that a transcipt is around.

James Thomas

James

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March 3, 2008

WLC TA @ 9:05 pm:

I just found out that there a translation of his interview in both Simplified and traditional Chinese in the WLC Leaning Center. Cool !

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WLC Admin @ 9:15 pm:

I will send Brigitte a note about the transcript. I hope it not too late

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April 20, 2008

Brigitte @ 5:55 am:

I’ve finally found the Kevin Rudd interview transcript on your website. I’ve been trying to read along to the video, but found it quite difficult, as the transcript seems to be quite heavily edited (with fillers and repetitions taken out and English sentences translated into Chinese).