Comment by uticus
4 hours ago
> a proper "Engrish" instruction manual
At what point do the instruction manuals stop catering to Engrish and start focusing on 汉字?
4 hours ago
> a proper "Engrish" instruction manual
At what point do the instruction manuals stop catering to Engrish and start focusing on 汉字?
I quite honestly fear this day. (But for other reasons, eg we might have to go to china for top conferences, universities, jobs, etc.).
I myself have been preparing for that day, learning simplified Mandarin and trying to expose myself to Chinese online presence. :)
I'm not sure that China will ever "overtake" the US in global technology mindshare, but they are getting closer, and if that ever properly happens, I'm quite ready, and if not, at least I get a whole new language out of it and a better understanding of a huge culture that felt a lot more out of reach before.
For context, I'm from Russia, so maybe it's easier for me to trade one foreign hegemony for another than for many others..