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IN THIS LESSON
ID: QW0214 Intermediate
Translation isn't always easy, and despite our encyclopedic knowledge of Chinese and English here at ChinesePod, even WE need a little help sometimes (I know, I know. Shocking, right?). Anyways, tune in as our Qing Wen team of John, Jenny and Greg offer up some of our own tips to help our users with translating particularly troubling words and phrases. Leave questions and any other helpful translation tricks that we may not have mentioned below!

Nciku

Bing dictionary

Google Translate

Zhongwen.com

Jenny,Greg,John
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Detailed Vocabulary
Each lesson has it's unique vocabulary and will provide you with definitions and recordings so you can practice the pronunciation. You will also be able to grasp the core material of a lesson at a glance. Here we're showing you the Simplified Chinese version.
SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
翻译
fānyì 翻译
To translate.
美国
Měiguó 美国
United States of America.
演员
yǎnyuán 演员
Actor.
宿醉
sùzuì 宿醉
Hangover.
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