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Translation Service
Language services including translation, transcription, interpreting, conference services and training, and webpage localization.

Reading Chinese Online
Includes links related to reading Chinese.

Chinese Studies, Sinology
Resources on academic Chinese studies for scientists and those interested in the Chinese language.

Other Language Info
Frequency of usage of Chinese Characters, Chinese word lists and more.

Chats, Forums, Listservers, Newsgroups
Chats, message boards, maillists and newsgroups are handy tools for using your Chinese language skills as they allow quite a high level of interactivity and give the chance to use Chinese in real life. It is also a great way to learn about Chinese culture by interacting with real people.

Chinese Characters, Script, Writing
Chinese characters -- general information and learning resources on writing the Chinese script.

Chinese Language Online Courses
From basic to advanced -- Chinese lessons online are a big hit on the net. An ever growing list of interactive web-based Chinese course.

Chinese Language History
History of the oldest surviving language.

Chinese Dialects, Languages
While Chinese script is understood by all Chinese, the way it is read may greatly differ from region to region. Also, grammar, vocabulary and syntax can be different to the point where speakers of different Chinese dialects cannot understand each other. In fact, some say that Chinese dialects are separate, if related, languages.

Chinese Romanization
Though never successful in replacing the original Chinese script, Romanization remains the main medium of rendering Chinese sounds for non-Chinese speakers. List of online resources and conversion tables between different systems of Romanization.

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