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hopeopolis: 2 years ago

If I speak 'traditional chinese" what language do I speak?

On online free translation sites I get to pick "simplified chinese" or "traditional chinese" and I wonder how those map to Mandarin, Cantonese etc and what traditional versus simplified means....

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Pieper4: 2 years ago | Last edited at 4:57PM on 1/4/2011

Traditional Chinese which is spoken on the Mainland and in Taiwan is Mandarin. Cantonese is spoken in the Canton province. Writing in Chinese may be Traditional or Simplified. Spoken Chinese does not have a 'simplified' form. Quite confusing!

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gillyhicksgirl: 2 years ago

it is called traditional Chinese.

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tsarbomba80: 2 years ago

we know...

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IMakePie: 2 years ago

Mandarin and Cantonese are written the same, but spoken differently. So your translation options do not have anything to do with dialect, only whether the characters are simplified or not.

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