Read Chinese Today: Understanding

Ping-gam Go

ISBN 10: 0962311332 / ISBN 13: 9780962311338

Verlag: SIMPLEX PUBN, 1992

Beschreibung

Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2455458/2

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Read Chinese Today: Understanding
• Verlag: SIMPLEX PUBN
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1992
• Sprache: Chinesisch
• ISBN-10: 0962311332
• ISBN-13: 9780962311338
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: Sehr gut
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Inhaltsangabe

Ping-gam Go unveils the mystery of Chinese writing by providing and describing the historical pictograph for each character, thus aiding the reader to identify, learn and memorize Chinese characters. This compact book is a perfect introductory book for anyone interested in the Chinese language. It is suitable for young students learning in after-school Chinese programs to seasoned tourists traveling abroad.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ping-gam Go, who descended from the Fukien province in China, was born in Java, Indonesia. He traveled abroad for his education, earning degrees in physics and mathematics from the University of Amsterdam and postgraduate degrees in geology from Imperial College of Science & Technology in London and Leyden University in Holland.After working for the Indonesian Geological Survey in Java, he returned to Amsterdam, where he worked as a science editor for Elsevier Publishing Company. At the time, Elsevier compiled and produced English translations of all Nobel Prize Lectures, which were held in the winner's native language. The Nobel Foundation in Sweden officially recognized Ping-gam Go for his work as editor and for his contributions to these translations.