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Example: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

You will see from the following activity that translating simple rhymes prove harder than we think.

Twinkle twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are

Up above the world so high

Like a diamond in the sky

Twinkle twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are

Now for the Mandarin version: Read its English translation after this and compare with the original text above.

Translating Nursery Rhyme

(Note: The character replaces )

Mandarin-English Translation

Twinkle twinkle little star

The sky is full of little stars

Hanging in the skies glittering so brightly

Just like pairs of little eyes

Go ahead, try to translate simple nursery rhymes.