Student Q&A, August 2024: Avoiding mental translation, untranslatable words and why practising translation is good

This week’s podcast episode (number 209) is a reader and listener Q&A, where I answer three questions about translation in Chinese.

This time, I’m answering questions about:

• How to stop translating in your head
• Untranslatable words
• Why translation can be a good practice method

Tune in to the Hacking Chinese Podcast to listen to the related episode (#209):

Available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcast, Overcast, Spotify, YouTube and many other platforms!

Links to things mentioned in this episode

• Podcast listener survey
• Chinese translation challenge, August 2024
• How to improve fluency in Chinese by playing word games
• The beginner’s guide to Chinese translation
• Improving your Chinese by translating from another language
• How translation to another language can help you learn Chinese

The beginner’s guide to Chinese translation

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