Chinese-English Translator Test ( How Bilingual are you? ) 

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This interview looks so fun!! Haha

This fake actor is so dramatic and funny lmao

I think some of them are decent. All the participants really tried their best. I don't think translation is an easy task. You need to understand both languages (nuances, grammar, vocabulary etc) to a certain degree to be able to translate. You also need to absorb information quickly and think flexibly.

I met this guy from Singapore and I asked him what his Chinese name was. He had to take out his ID because he forgot already. I'm like WTF????

I find that Singapore has failed to raise her children as bilingual speakers. The children are well trained to speak in English to prepare to work with the society influenced by the US’s economy. Now that China is stepping up, Singapore’s children are still trained for speaking in Mandarin through the never ending 习字. I find that languages should not be about sitting and completing worksheets but rather, be used to evoke interest and used as a tool to communicate.

is the taiwanese guy really from taiwan, cuz he just demonstrated bilingual = bye lingual......

2:30 💯 Her Chinese 100% accurate man [Edit] thanks for 100 likes!

6:27 When that girl speaks out the real word '挑战'.... I was like... FINALLY!!!!!!

laughing my ass off the entire time, it’s so cute and funny, the star is so aggressive and dramatic while the translators stood innocently like pupils and coped with difficulty also like pupils, bravo 👏 great video 🤣

I'm lucky that my parents talk to me in Chinese since I'm young. Like this, I have picked up Chinese really quick. When I reached Primary school, my teachers startrd to panic when they realised that my English was TERRIBLE! So, they gave me a countless amount of English remedial. Now, I am able to speak both English and Chinese fluently. My Chinese Language I speak: Mandarin

this is so funny😂😂😂 thanks for entertaining me in this stressful week!

Translating and interpreting are skills that a bilingual person may not have. After taking tests to prove fluency in a second language, people generally spend 2 years studying and sit tests to become a translator (written) or an interpreter (spoken). I can understand some Korean and Mandarin, but not sure if I could translate or interpret very well. My parents visited me in Korea and I struggled to interpret back into English, but found it much easier to interpret my parents English into Korean.

Walao leh.. the Taiwan guy really CMI.. someone who are born in Chinese speaking country but his Chinese just so bad..

lol the taiwanese guy..... what is he trying to sound fluent with? english or chinese? 🤔

The little. girl with mom speaks perfect MANDARIN without any accent even, gramatically perfect

作為新加坡華人，本人認為我們真的需要另闢蹊徑，倡發新思維。為了提高新加坡華人的中文水準，政府應該實行新教法的政策，以嘗試更有效的學式。

Honestly love this so much!! Hope you can do more of this kind of videos!

I'm surprised the Taiwanese guy is having a difficult time talking in Chinese

Great content, keep it up!

This is awesome social experiment. Singaporeans must really buck up their Chinese. Our standard is getting from bad to worse🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Is funny how some people are criticizing their "translation" ability, that in the first place is better known as interpretation, and both (translation and interpretation) are my major, so I can tell this isn't easy at all, knowing the languages doesn't mean that the person can automatically translate with accuracy, this is a video meant for fun so we shouldn't criticize! Specially those who don't even know the difference between translation and interpretation. Just enjoy!~

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It’s funny sososo much🤣🤣🤣🤣the star made me laugh out from the beginning of the video to the end

Totally I think the green jacket guy is the best. But the short hair girl is just so cute!

I can think of all translations while watching this video at home, but if I was one of them being filmed, my mind would probably go blank LOL

This was a really fun video to watch. It was a bit difficult to understand the strong Singaporean and Southern accented Mandarin because I'm used to the Northwestern Chinese accent, but I'm happy that I know enough that I think I was only a little bit worse than everyone you see in the video.

還有第二句啊？ 「永不言敗啊」～ ⋯⋯⋯ 不⋯不重要 ！ 哈哈哈

That taiwan dude speaks singlish😂

The couple with the tall guy and the pair of middle aged woman are actually pretty decent

really enjoyed this! funny stuff!

Please do more of these type of think🙏🏼♥️

I think Singapore really need to see this as a concern. Chinese can't even speak their own mother language fluently what a shame

Lol omg the girl that had s hard time translating is me. When the actor said never give up she said not important lol. That’s me. Anything I can’t translate is not important hahaha so funny!!

awesome! thanks for your video!

Funny😂😂 finally i laughed on a video for 15mins😂

Wowza, I’m starting to feel more confident in my own Mandarin abilities now 😂 But they all tried really hard tho, I suppose if you’re not using it everyday, and it’s one of maybe 3 or 4 languages, you would forget somethings 🤷🏾‍♀️. 加油

For some reason translating Chinese to English is so much easier than vice versa because in Chinese there are so many words that can actually be used to talk about the same thing.

it was so hard watching this :")....

A quick question, if I visit Singapore which one is better speaking Mandarin or English?

Is Mandarin the native language for that Taiwan guy？His Mandarin was even poorer than Singaporean...

The guy with the green shirt/footer was the best at this! He was truly bilingual.

12:00 He almost said “actually” hahahaha

I just love how the old lady speaks

They're Chinese, Singaporeans Chinese, they're just not from China. All French Swiss and German Swiss can speak their mother tones fluently.

Somehow I feel a bit suffocated watching this hahaha They've got the wrong bunch of Singaporeans.

I started watching videos of interperers and found it interesting that as singaporeans we struggle to be billngual. I dont really blame anyone as its how we were taught or what we are used to as a society.

I wish you included their reaction when told that this is just a "prank" and the movie star actually can speak English,

I've been speaking Mandarin since I was born, and I barely pass my English tests in primary and high school till I began reading English books such as philosophy, history, etc. Parents have to invoke the interest of Mandarin in teenagers, try to know their hobbies. For example, a friend of mine was pretty well-versed in English by playing games that consist of a huge English community on Skype. His pronunciation of words is pretty much on point, he only has to work on his grammar and sentence structure.

BRO THE TAIWAN MAN SOUNDS LIKE MY CHINESE TEACHER SPEAKING ENGLISH HAHAHAHAHA

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I suspect most might just be nervous because they are in front of a camera so they tend to react a bit slower when it comes to language-switch in the head. It’s also harder to switch between languages back and forth so I don’t think it’s really a fair representation of how well they could actually speak. 其实嘛面对镜头是很容易紧张的于是很有可能反应慢一些吧了。 其次，语言不断切换其实也是比较辛苦所以容易卡也是情有可原。 这也未必就能说明他们的语言能力遭到无法组织好一句话了呢。

Now imagine, I'm a Chinese tutor.

As a China born chinese , I dunt konw what doese "过气" mean if i did not ask google.

Practice makes perfect !!!

1:56 me when I had to do fan subs HAHAHA & btw it's 访问/采访 for interview HAHAHA, I'm glad I do well in both Chinese in English

The part when he started listing family and friends of family would've tripped me up so badly

Oh lol at first I thought he was Zhang Yixing....... The side effects of a Kpop fan😬❤️

As a Chinese person who spoke Chinese as a kid, this is rather entertaining to watch. Watching all these people struggle with speaking Chinese.

Me: **stares at screen* Me: •-• **tries to understand*

我真的很喜欢我们的母语，所以看完这段影片后，我感到大失所望，但是这结果并不出乎我意料。我一直以来对翻译充满热忱，希望以后如果有机会的话能往这方面发展。😊

This is a fun test, and those who want to learn Chinese can try it at Chinese dubbing.

the taiwanese guy said that he could speak fluent but couldnt translate basic sentences😭😭

My stomach hurts from all the laughter

I was trying to read the subtitles. Please slow it down to about 24 hours so I can read it. Lol Zhing Ziyi Ah wow. Lol

What kind of restaurant do you eat in? din tai fung??

nice video.I am curious that what languages do singaporeans speak？it seem that a lot of guys can't even speak one language well？what is their mothertongue？

Thaanksbto this vid i laughed so much

I struggled learning Chinese a lot when I was little. Plus I have no one to talk to.((i am a loner and a weirdo. no one likes me and no one wants to be my friend.) by no one , i mean i have no one to speak chinese to often. Only my father. I was the closest to my dad when i was little. I really adore my father a lot. but I have no one to communicate in chinese . my mom is the only chinese speaker in the house (like native speaking). After my parents got divorced, my mom left, I completely stop putting effort into learning chinese. (Before that, I used to enjoy listening to chinese songs and watching those jiangshi dramas...) I forgot the reason why, probably bc i don't have any reason to learn chinese anymore. (im a loner. no one to talk to. i talk to myself most of the time) It's kind of bringing me pressure in school that I cried. I cried learning chi in school (':. i was never happy learning the language during pri sch & sec sch... :') well, it's been 5 years since I revise/study chinese in a school-setting. I don't rly study chi anymore so I really can't read and speak chinese anymore. Only can listen & understand LOLZ FML. Occasionally, I watch some old chinese dramas online. keyword; OLD. cuz nostalgia XD

Well I speak Chinese at home but I would say translation esp on the spot is very hard. But Singaporeans’ chinese is still 🙂 gotta admit

Hi, when are you guys going to do the yo mama insults with Tiffany btw i LOVE your videos

Maybe you could do another one and have the interviewer be a different race speaking the language in question at the end of the interview hahah

Hi i really want to see u guys iv Singaporean whether they can sing Singapore national anthem.

有时候不是别人说得不正宗，只是看环境而定。你们现在所听到的就是你们所看到的。既然大家都是新加波人，当然是用自己比较熟悉的口音啊，但是不代表他们如果去到中国就听不懂中文。不是想为新加波人辩解，我是马来西亚人。只是有时候在国外读书就会被别人取笑口音，然后当下觉得很无语，但也不想去解释些什么，只能当那些人没见识罢了。

Guys, remember! Knowing 2 languages and knowing how to interpret 2 languages, are different things! I know 2 languages but I don't know how to interpret either of them.

the guy looks like He Jiong from the like Happy Camp reality show thing? just me? (with the sunglasses on)

Hahaha, keep making more videos like this!

那個台灣男生中英文都好遜啊哈哈 😄

这个“明星”好欠揍😂😂😂😂

Hey why no one ask this?? Did they rly think that hes a real movie star or know that he is jus an actor with this youtube channel? Bcos where got real popstar go street ask ppl translate interviews one

This is very fun to watch so basically Singaporean speak English and little Chinese

Anyone knows the interviewer's name?

Round 5:20 he says: I know my aunt the older brother the younger sister, so it’s actually still the aunt self

手勢小姊姊太可愛了😂

The subtitles are wrong - 怎么样 was written as 这么样

OMG that Taiwanese guy wins Singapore Beng-est hands down👏👏

Interpretation is never easy. For ordinary people I think it is impressive enough^_^

Guy is a great actor

What language do all of them usually speak as a main language?

Disappointed with the Taiwan guy the moment he used Interview instead of 访问

I am from China mainland，as you can see，my English sucks，and as you can imagine，I speak authentic Mandarin， but objectively，if it was me，I would be able to deal with translating material of this level maybe with only a little bit problem， but of course，I never think I Am bilingual enough， I am still on the road， but from this short video， we could feel how difficult it is to be perfect about both two languages..... that's why interpreters are mostly well paid， they indeed deserve it......

3:26 is me like 24/7 when I try to speak Chinese

Just want to said that If u r an Asian Chinese then just learn Mandarin what is it so hard to learn?

he’s show in the movie just cha qiang ren yi

由此可以证明，不是会说一门外语就能做翻译，翻译是门专业

THIS IS HILARIOUS AHHAHAHAHA

the girl in blue with white stripes is really cute!!

It’s interesting how they say Singaporean Chinese but in American, it’s chinese american (ethnicity first then nationality)

haha some of these guys just start saying english words in chinese accents

As someone that isn't from Singapore, can Singaporean speak proper English or any oficial language?