Originally posted by kaleu at 14-6-2013 09:57
When you say "traditional Chinese" you mean Cantonese?
You might want to add the characters for asking to take pictures. I know the literal translation is usually "shoot photo." ...
Traditional Chinese writing is what was used in China before the government implemented simplified chinese writing which was aimed at raising the literacy rate.
In Hong Kong they stayed with the traditional chinese writing but now many are also familiar with simplified chinese.
Cantonese is the spoken version of chinese used in southern china e.g. guangdong / hong kong.
Mandarin (Putonghua version) is the national spoken language based on Beijing dialect.
In many places people speak both mandarin and their own local dialect or dialects.
Your suggestion to add 'take pictures' is a good idea and I will do that and republish.
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