英语翻译MandarincrazespreadsinWest(ChinaDaily)Updated:2005-05-2611:43ThecurrentcrazeofforeignerslearningChineseisbecauseofChina'speacefuldevelopmentandtheuniquecharmofitsculture,saysanarticleinPeople'sDaily.Anexc
英语翻译
MandarincrazespreadsinWest
(ChinaDaily)Updated:2005-05-2611:43
ThecurrentcrazeofforeignerslearningChineseisbecauseofChina'speacefuldevelopmentandtheuniquecharmofitsculture,saysanarticleinPeople'sDaily.Anexcerptfollows:
Afewdaysago,aConfuciuscollegeopenedinStockholmUniversityinSweden,offeringChineselanguageandculturecourses.ItisthethirdsuchschooloutsideChina,andasreported,therewillsoonbearound100suchschoolsaroundtheworldtofacilitateChineselanguageteaching.
Theseschoolsarebeingestablishedtomeettheneedsofmorethan30millionforeignerswhowanttolearnChinese.InSouthKorea,forexample,manyuniversitieshaveintroducedChinaorChineselanguagestudiesintotheschoolcurriculum.InEurope,wheretheChineselanguageusedtoberegardedasamystery,moreandmorecollegestudentsaretakingChinese.
Theworldiswitnessinga45percentyear-on-yearincreaseinthenumberofpeoplewhotaketheHSKtest,astandardizedtestatStatelevelthatmeasuresforeigners'proficiencyinChinese.
TheincreaseinlearningChinesereflectsthefactthatChinaisrecognizedbytheworldasapromisingeconomyandalucrativemarket.Manycountrieshaveastrongdesiretoconducteconomicandtechnologicalco-operationandexchangeswithChina.
Theso-called"Chinesecraze"isalsotheresultofChina'sgrowinginfluenceintheinternationalarena.Chinaisbuildingupanimageasabignationwhichshouldersitsresponsibilitiesandcaresfortheinternationalcommunity.
ForeignerswholearnChinesearealsoveryinterestedinChineseculture.SinceChinaadoptedtheopening-uppolicyinlate1970s,manyforeignershavefloodedintothecountrytohaveatasteofitsfabulousculturalheritage,suchasPekingOpera,ChinesemartialartsandtraditionalChinesecuisine.
Someofthemaresofascinatedwiththeculturethattheyhavedecidedtolearnmoreaboutthecountrybystudyingitslanguageandculture.