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jade- -
It is just sad to see nobody in China is interested in learning Italian, which is such a beautiful
language. More embarrassed to say, I know several young Italians who are learning Chinese now.
Sigh.
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flameproof -
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It is just sad to see nobody in China is interested in learning Italian
How do you know?
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More embarrassed to say, I know several young Italians who are learning Chinese now. Sigh.
Why is it embarrassing for Italians to learn Chinese? Is it just embarrassing for Italians? How
about Dutch, or Austrians? Is the learning embarrassing or the language as such?
roddy -
Embarrassing for the Chinese, not for the Italians, as the enthusiasm for their language is not
reciprocated.
Edit: And removed the posts on the quality of Pizza Hut pizza.
jade- -
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Why is it embarrassing for Italians to learn Chinese? Is it just embarrassing for Italians? How
about Dutch, or Austrians? Is the learning embarrassing or the language as such?
no, no, I am embarassed, not the Italians. I was trying to say that many young Italians are
learning Chinese, but not many Chinese (young or old) are learning Italian. How do I know? From
reading this thread.
Thanks, roddy.
flameproof -
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Embarrassing for the Chinese, not for the Italians, as the enthusiasm for their language is not
reciprocated. .
Their is not much enthusiasm for Chinese language. Those who really learn it is still a very very
small minority. The market for English, Spanish and even Japanese is way bigger.
Nevertheless, there are surely be some Chinese that learn Italian, but one has to look at the
right places. Here is certainly not the right place. The right place would a message board of a
Chinese university that teaches foreign languages. Our Italian friend would need help with that
though, as they are 100% in Chinese.
Another option is the QQ rooms. Get a QQ #, and search and join a group. Search here:
http://group.qq.com
Your search keywords are: Italian, Italy, Italiano, 意大利, 意大利语
To make money out of that will be another problem, you need to find willing people near you.
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I was trying to say that many young Italians are learning Chinese, but not many Chinese (young or
old) are learning Italian. How do I know? From reading this thread.
This is not an "Italian language in China board". If you go to a cats board you need ask questions
about cats, not many will help you with your car mechanics questions. Just my common sense
approach.....
PS: I was looking for an IT<>CN<>EN interpreter a while ago and they do exist. Harder to find, but
still possible.
Here is another possible suggestion: contact a, or several, (English) language school(s) near you.
They will offer Italian as long as they can make some money out of it. I think that would be the
most easiest and highest potential possibility.
LaVandez -
You hit the learned market for that, those would be the guys who buy gucci and prada and dolce and
maybe you'll find some interst. Other than that you could try some of the fashion schools or
traders who work in that part of the world. If I were you since you seem to be able to speak
English I would package together English and Italian with English being the primary focus. Or shop
out your resume to a few restaurants and tout your ability to deliver authentic italian class that
may work but its a longshot.
Your problem is that a market for non English western language is still young s you'll have to
just wait a little while until it matures.
marcoppe -
I am Italian as well. I am going to be spending my next year in Hangzhou. Would be interesting to
post messages at a Fashion School or at a Music School. I know many Japanese opera students
wanting to learn Italian. Not sure if Hangzhou has anything like that sort of activities.
simonlaing -
I had a summer job teaching recent engineering student hires Business English in the summer for
the Iveco (Fiat) Company. In addition to english training they did have classes in Italian though
these were taught by a chinese teacher.
I am based in Nanjing where Iveco has a large mini bus factory. (the big white ones that look like
Airport shuttles) .
You could try applying to these large companies to try and get a job. Also there are some wine
importers with import from Italy, Germany and to an extent France.
The new shopping fad is on fashion. Some people will spend a month or 2 month's salary on a
handbag. It is huge growth industry.
Also there are some Italian and EU chamber of commerce groups that you can try and contact to get
leads.
Good luck,
SImon
carlo -
Someone I know went to this school in Beijing: http://www.holaeurope.cn/ A google search for
北京意大利语培训 (Courses of Italian in Beijing) shows quite a number of options. I don't
know any, so I can't comment.
The numbers however are misleading. Even if 0.01% of people living in cities are interested in
Italian, you may still find a niche here. The drivers are what you would expect: a passion for
art, history or fashion etc. The problem is finding prospects. You would also need a school to
arrange visas for you. On the other hand I still regularly meet young Chinese who think Italians
speak English like Leonardo Di Caprio, so English may be hard to get away from.
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