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Abstract:Nowadays, China plays an increasingly important role in international affairs. Many Chinese people regard English language as an important international communication tool. The multitudinous communication and cooperation between China and other countries have challenged the translators to an international affairs. It’s no doubt that different nations share more or less similar cultural aspects due to be the geographical, environmental and history factors. But the most important influence is the cultural differences, especially the discrepancies in the Chinese and Western thinking modes. This is the so-called“Chinglish”, which ,as an inter-language ,with its own features, is systematic and unavailable for Chinese learners of English .The paper will elaborate on the content and developing of Chinglish problem and how to treat it
 
Keywords: Chinglish |linguistic|english

1. Brief Review of Chinglish

1.1 Definition of Chinglish

1.2 History of Chinglish
With regard to its emergence and development, Chinglish has undergone two periods: the period of Chinese Pidgin English and the modern period of Chinese English.

1)The Classical Period——Chinese Pidgin English
 
2)The Modern Period¬——Chinese English
 
2.Discrepanicies　 in English and Chinglish
2.1 Lexical Choice
 

2.1.1 Redundancy
 
2.1.2 The word order problems
 
2.1.3 Synonyms in pair
 

2.1.4 Repetition
 
2.1.5 Diction Problems
 
2.1.6 Improper Collocation
 
2.2 Sentence Making
 
2.2.1 Dangling Making
 

2.2.2 Pilling-up of Nouns
 
2.2.3 Indefinite Antecedents
 
 
2.2.4 Improper Placement of Phrases and Clauses
 
2.3 Misuses of Idiomatic Expressions
 
3. Discrepancies in Social Cultural Factors
3.1. Geographical and Natural Environment
 
3.2 Culture Context
 

3.2.1 Taking Leave
 
3.2.2 Greeting
 
3.2.3 Response to Praise
 

4. Discrepancies in Thinking Modes
 
5. Strategies to ward off Chinglish
 

5.1 Bilingual Competence
 
5.2 Bicultural Competence
 
(1) From Awareness to Competence
 
(2) Approach
 
5.3 Encourage People to Use English-English Dictionary

5.4 Encourage people to Read widely
 

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