How to write a Chinese essay

Language Learning Chinese
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A few revisions, grasshopper:

In recent years, in pace with the rapid growth of the global economy, online forums have gained increasing popularity not only in the domestic timewasting market, but also in the international timewasting market. Moreover, as the forces of globalization lead inexorably not only to new developments in the local economy, but also to new developments in the global economy, Forumosa is poised to become not only a leader among Taiwan-related forums, but also a world leader in its field, under the guidance of the wise leadership of Mr. Maoman, who is not only our Managing Administrator, but also an all-around swell guy of high EQ.

As the ancient Chinese proverb goes, “A stitch in time saves nine”. In addition, founded in 2001 in Taipei City, Taiwan, Forumosa has recently celebrated 9 years in the online forum supplier industry, with growth supported not only by modern hardware and facilities, but also the latest forum management techniques, operated by a staff committed to the LOHAS lifestyle. On the other hand, from the beginning, Forumosa has dedicated itself to content not only of high quality but also with competitive pricing.

There are many Forumosans currently online, including: Acute, asianmom, Chaon, Charlie Jack, Chris, Formosa Fitness, GeographicCure, glenclif1969, Goose Egg, jaame, jimipresley, Jive Turkey, Mother Theresa, Okami, olm, plasmatron, raja, and shuiping, … etc., posting from countries such as Taiwan, the US, the UK, Hong Kong, China, West Germany, Europe and North America… etc…

But what of the challenges that lie in store over the next few years? How are we to address the changing demographics? And if the economy continues its sluggishness, how are we to cope with ever-increasing hosting costs? To address these problems, we are unveiling a series of targeted measures aimed at addressing these problems. We hope that these will enable us to sustain our operations into the foreseeable future, not only contributing to the betterment of society, but also to the goal of life-long learning through e-learning.

:bow:

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What? No references to EQ, lohas, or e-learning? What kind of half-baked essay is this?

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[quote=“Chris”]A few revisions, grasshopper:

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I humbly and respectfully genuflect.

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Done. :bow:

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Done. :bow:[/quote]
Well done with the gratuitous “lifestyle” in LOHAS lifestyle! You can’t teach quality like that! :notworthy:

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“In recent years, in pace with the rapid growth of the global economy, online forums have gained increasing popularity…”
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“In recent years, in pace with the rapid growth of the global economy of the modern twenty-first century world of today, online forums have now gained increasing popularity…”

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:notworthy:

Yes indeed!!

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Oh yes, I forgot about this one:

Include a sentence using the “from X to Y” structure to express a range of things without any particular inherent order.

“From cabbage and pitayas to guavas and snow peas, we farmed them all.”

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Be sure to add an unnecessary “…in the world” at the end of at least one sentence.
"On the other hand, from the beginning, Forumosa has dedicated itself to content not only of high quality but also with competitive pricing in the world."

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Also, at the end of a paragraph, add what I call a “tagline”: a brief evaluation of the previous situation. Examples:

…, an impressive result.
…, a valuable assistant.
…, praiseworthy indeed.
…, a boon to our operations.
…, truly commendable performance.

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And to add a few more key words and references that need to be included in the opening salvo:

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How delightfully dreadful, Omni!

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When I come across a section that doesn’t adhere to these rules of Chinese essay-writing, I go on Google and find the paper from which it was lifted word-for-word.

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At least you translators aren’t wearing your dictionaries out! :laughing:

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Use the term “More importantly, …” followed by something that is not more important.

Use the term “In other words, …” followed by something that is more complex than what preceded it.

Instead of saying “I learned X”, say “I learned the importance of X”.

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I’ll admit that when I need to write an essay for school and have no idea what to write, I just write something in really, REALLY bad English and translate it XD

Gets me decent marks. :discodance:

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Let’s all Lohas Lohas and Lomo Lomo… :doh:

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I often come across things like “Our results didn’t fit with our predictions, so we kept adjusting parameters and testing until we came up with the results we expected.”

Now, if they means that they really screwed up the procedure and produced inaccurate data, that’s one thing. But the way they often word it sounds like they massaged the data to get a pre-determined result.

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I often come across things like “Our results didn’t fit with our predictions, so we kept adjusting parameters and testing until we came up with the results we expected.”

Now, if they means that they really screwed up the procedure and produced inaccurate data, that’s one thing. But the way they often word it sounds like they massaged the data to get a pre-determined result.[/quote]

That’s it works here though, isn’t it? :astonished: