griz326 Posted September 11, 2006 at 03:37 PM Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 at 03:37 PM I am preparing for my return trip to China in the spring. This time I would like to have the well known names of the locations I want to visit written out in Chinese characters. Ordering food, buying stuff, and booking a hotel is trivial stuff compared to getting a taxi driver to understand where you want to go. A co-worker of mine in Beijing wrote out the places I wanted to go on a piece of paper and the problem was solved. This time, I want that piece of paper from the start. I am still trying creating my list of places, but once I get it, how do I get it competently translated into Chinese characters? I cannot asked my co-worker to do this - maybe I could - but it might be asking too much without a payment and that might be against company policy.... My other concern is that a tourist site might have an "advertised name" and a name the people in the community call it. So would a person living in Beijing know the correct name for a site in say Xi'an? How would you go about having such a translation made? My business computer can display Chinese characters, so that is not a problem. TIA, Griz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibble Posted September 11, 2006 at 05:07 PM Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 at 05:07 PM Unless it's a huge list, the easiest thing to do would be to post your list here. You can also try looking the places up on Wikipedia and Wikitravel. If a tourist spot has an 'advertised name' that is different from the 'local name', I expect that most taxi drivers would know both, since the advertised name will be the one that all the tourists use when they ask for a ride there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badr Posted September 11, 2006 at 06:04 PM Report Share Posted September 11, 2006 at 06:04 PM for Beijing, you can try cityweekend.com.cn they have listings in characters and English. Other than that, I suggest writing down a list of places you want to go to and posting it here. I'm sure between all the members, we can write it out somehow:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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