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Hi, Steve Kaufmann here, um, today, a bit of an unusual subject, maybe, ||史蒂夫·考夫曼||||||||不寻常的|主题|

uh, someone asked me how well does John Cena speak Mandarin Chinese. |||||how proficient|||||| ну, кто-то спросил меня, насколько хорошо Джон Сина говорит по-китайски.

So the title is John Cena speaking Mandarin Chinese, but I want to ||标题|||||普通话|||||

really talk about the importance of communicating when we learn a language ||||重要性||交流|||||

and then the relative lack of importance of perfect pronunciation or even other |||相对缺乏|缺乏||||完美的|发音||| |||relative||||||||| 然后相对缺乏完美发音甚至其他方面的重要性

imperfections in our use of a language that we learn in order to communicate. 不足之处|||||||||||为了沟通||交流 不完全さ||||||||||||| 我们为了交流而学习的语言的使用存在缺陷。

So someone asked me, and by the way, if you enjoy these videos, please subscribe,

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So a friend said, what do you think of John Cena's Chinese?

To be honest, I don't, didn't know who John Cena was CENA turns out ||老实说||||||||||原来是| |||||||||||CENA|| 老实说，我不知道，不知道约翰塞纳是谁 CENA 结果

he's some kind of a pro wrestler. ||||||борец ||||||lutteux professionnel ||||||professional wrestler ||||||lutador 他是个|||||职业的|摔跤手 ||||||レスラー ||||||Es un luchador profesional. 他是某种职业摔跤手。

Uh, I'm not a big fan of professional wrestling, uh, but, uh, whatever |||||粉丝||职业的|||||随便吧 ||||||||wrestling entertainment|||| ||||||||レスリング|||| ||||||||lucha libre|||| ||||||||lotta||||

he is a well-known personality. ||||知名的|名人 |||bien||personnalité |||bien||

So I looked him up. ||查了他||查找

So what do I think?

His Chinese is not what you would call phenomenal. |||||||称作|了不起

His pronunciation is not very Chinese. |发音|||| 他的发音不是很中国。

However, It's very pleasing. 然而|||令人愉快 ||très|agréable |||satisfying 然而，它非常令人愉快。

He communicates. |他交流。 |communique |conveys information

You have the feeling that he wants to communicate, that he

likes the Chinese language.

He likes communicating with his Chinese fans.

Uh, there's something very positive. ||||积极的

Now, I'm not a native speaker of Chinese so I can't, I can't tell ||||母语者|说中文者|||||||| |||||||||||||dire

you how a Chinese person reacts. |||||反应如何 |||||responds |||||反応する |||||reagisce

Maybe some of you who are Chinese can tell me your reaction to his Chinese. |||||||||||反应|||

But to me, it comes across as quite positive. ||||显得|显得||相当|积极的 |||||semble||| 但对我来说，它给人的印象是非常积极的。

Um, And, uh, so I, I thought of all these people that I know who ||||||想到|||||||| ||||||pensé en||||||||

communicate very effectively in a language that they speak imperfectly. ||有效地|||||||不完美地 |||||||||not fluently

Uh, we can start with, uh, former Canadian prime minister, Jean ||||||前任|加拿大的|前总理|前总理|让·克雷蒂安 ||||||||||Jean |||||||||prime minister| 呃，我们可以从，呃，加拿大前总理，让

Chrétien, and he speaks with a pronounced the French Canadian accent. Chrétien|||||||||| French Canadian|||||||||| Chrétien|||||||||| Chrétien|||||||||| ||||||明显的||||口音 Chrétien||||||||||

And even his usage is not always a hundred percent yet he was very |甚至||用法||||||百分之百|然而||| |||uso|||siempre|||||||

effective, so effective communicating in English that he was prime minister 有效|||有效沟通||||||| ||effectif|communication|||||||

of Canada for I think 10 years.

And was very popular. |||很受欢迎

Uh, you know, I it's possible just as you know, John Cena uses his |||||可能的|||||||| ||||||||||||utilise|

Chinese it's part of his shtick of connecting with his Chinese fans. |||||style|||||| |||||routine|||||| |||||gimmick|||||| |||||numero di routine|||||| |||||噱头||联系|||| |||||芸風|||||| |||||truco característico||||||

I think to some extent, or some people suspected that Jean Chrétien affected ||||某种程度||||怀疑|||| ||||||||suspectaient||||affectait ||||||||believed||||

his, you know, Quebecois accent on his English, because it was part of his |||魁北克口音|||||||||| |||Quebec accent||||||||||

persona and he was a very successful uh, politician, but they both communicate. 人物形象||||||成功的||政治家||||交流 persona(1)|||||||||||tous| a persona|||||||||||| persona||||||||||||

Um, if you watch, uh, Mark Zuckerberg speak Chinese, my impression |||||马克·扎克伯格|扎克伯格||||印象 ||||||Zuckerberg|||| ||||||Zuckerberg|||| ||||||Zuckerberg||||

is that he may in fact speak Chinese better than John Cena. |||peut||||||||

I don't know.

But, uh, he's not tremendous either, but you have the impression that ||||了不起|也不|||||印象中| ||||formidable||||||| |||||tampoco||||||

he isn't really communicating so much as he's performing. |并不是|||||||表演 |ne|||||||jouant un rôle

Uh, his attitude is, uh, speaking to his Chinese audience ||态度|||||||

in Beijing "oh, look at me. |在北京||||

I can speak Chinese.

Uh, I'm very clever. |||聪明 |||intelligent |||Uh, soy muy listo.

Aren't I?" 不是吗？|

Kind of thing. ||chose

Uh, so that the audience is kind of a prop, so at least that's the |||||||||реквизит||||| |||||||||accessoire||||| |||||||||prop for the audience||||| |||||||||道具|||至少|| |||||||||小道具||||| |||||||||utilería||||| 呃，所以观众是一种道具，所以至少那是

impression that's created with me. ||留下的印象|| ||made||

It may not be fair, but you know, I think the important thing in |可能|||公平|||||||重要的事|| ||||justo|||||||||

communicating is that genuine desire to communicate, to connect. |||真诚的|渴望|||| |||authentique||||| |||authentic|||||

And, uh, as I've said, many times, I, you know, I remember I had a Swiss |||||||||||||||瑞士的

banker who spoke English so well, but had a pronounced Swiss accent, uh, all 银行家|||||||||明显的|||| ||hablaba|||||||||||

the different people that I've, you know, done business with who spoke, but ||人们|||||做过生意|业务伙伴|||| |||||||hecho negocios con|||||

who communicated and they didn't for a minute, worry about their pronunciation |交流||||||||||发音 ||||||||s'inquiéter|||

or the odd little error in their language. ||偶尔的||小错误||| ||petite||||| ||estranho||||| ||pequeño|||||

And so that's where, you know, many of us, as we're learning a language, of ||||||||||我们在||||

course, we want to continue to improve, but whatever our level, whatever your 当然||||||||||||

level, whatever you are, you have to measure what you have achieved 水平|||||||衡量||||达到的水平 水平，无论你是什么，你都要衡量你取得了什么成就

against what your objectives are. 与...相悖|||目标| против ваших целей. 反对你的目标。

So if your objective let's say in learning Japanese is to absolutely |||||||||||绝对地 Итак, если ваша цель, скажем, в изучении японского языка, состоит в том, чтобы абсолютно

master the pronunciation to sound like someone on national radio in 掌握||发音技巧||发音像||||全国的|广播电台| ||prononciation|||||||| освоить произношение, чтобы звучать как кто-то на национальном радио в

Japan, and you're going to work on your pitch accent and that's fine. 日本||||||关于||音调|||| Япония, и ты будешь работать над своим акцентом, и это нормально.

I'm not critical of that. ||批评|| Я не критично отношусь к этому.

But to suggest that everyone learning Japanese should put the ||建议说||每个人||||放置| Но предложить всем, изучающим японский язык, поставить

same amount of effort into mastering pitch accent is to my mind silly. 相同的|同样的努力||努力||掌握||重音||||在我看来|愚蠢的 ||||||intonation||||||absurde ||||||accento|||||| ||||||acento tonal||||||ridículo ||||||||||||tonto столько же усилий для овладения тональным акцентом, на мой взгляд, глупо.

I have never, I was blithely for all the time I lived in Japan I never even knew |||||беспечно|||||||||||| |||||insouciamment|||||||||||| |||||carefree|||||||||||| |||||alegremente|||||||||||| |||||unbekümmert|||||||||||| |||||allegramente|||||||||||| |||||毫不在意地||||||居住过|||||甚至|知道 |||||のんきに|||||||||||| |||||A la ligera|||||||||||| Я никогда, я был беспечным за все время, что я жил в Японии, я даже не знал 我从来没有，我在日本生活的那段时间都很快乐，我什至不知道

such a thing as pitch accent existed. 这样的||||声调||存在过 そのような|||||| существовала такая вещь, как тональный акцент. 存在音高重音之类的东西。

I'm sure that in trying to imitate Japanese as spoken by native speakers |||||||||||母语者| Я уверен, что, пытаясь подражать японскому языку носителей языка,

and of course falling short, but nevertheless, using that as a model |||tomber|||néanmoins|utilisant|||| ||||||todavia||||| |||quedarse corto|||sin embargo||||| и, конечно, не дотягивает, но тем не менее, взяв это за образец

I would not necessarily imitate some aspects of pitch accent. Я бы не стал обязательно имитировать некоторые аспекты звуковысотного акцента.

And similarly in speaking Persian, which I'm told is a language that has |||||||on me dit||||| Точно так же и в персидском языке, который, как мне сказали,

pitch accent, if I tried to imitate the way the native speakers speak, to тональный акцент, если бы я пытался подражать тому, как говорят носители языка, чтобы

some extent, I will imitate that pitch accent, but I'm not going to study ||||||accent|accent|||||| |certa medida|||||ento de entonação||||||| в какой-то степени я буду подражать этому тональному акценту, но я не собираюсь учиться

it with the intention of aceing it. |||||réussir| |||purpose||| |||||tirar uma nota máxima| |||||superare| |||||取得高分| |||||sacarla del estadio|

Uh, it's just part of my acquisition of the language.

And, uh, there will be imperfections, uh, as I've said before there, I don't |||il y aura||imperfections||||||||

know what we have a Russian person that works with us and, uh, his, his articles 知道我们有一个和我们一起工作的俄罗斯人，呃，他的，他的文章

use of the article is very haphazard. ||||||случайный ||||||aléatoire ||||||random and careless ||||||aleatória ||||||casuale ||||||随意 ||||||いい加減 ||||||desordenado 文章的使用非常随意。

It doesn't prevent him from being a very comfortable communicator in English. |||||||||comunicatore||

Um, you know, people make mistakes in gender in French.

I did my video, uh, about the difficulties of French.

Uh, it's, it's important to be aware of some of these difficulties |||||||||||difficultés

and work on some of them. |||||d'entre eux

I mean, we can work on, on getting the 'r' right.

But if we can't quite do the guttural 'r' in French a hundred percent like the |||||||гортанное|||||||| |||||||guttural|||||||| |||||||throaty|||||||| |||||||guturais|||||||| |||||||喉音|||||||| |||||||gutural||||||||

French, it doesn't prevent communication.

Uh, I think it's worth working on the 'eu' sound, the famous... ||||vale la pena|||||||

go 'ooo' and then try to say 'e' and you'll get 'eu' it's worth |ooo||||||||||||vaut |ooo|||||||||||| |ooo|||||||||||| |ooo||||||||||||

working on it, but if you don't get it, it's not the end of the world.

Uh, similarly with the, uh, the nasal sounds. ||||||nasales|

I think they are worth working on, noticing them, trying to do as well as

you can with the nasal sounds because it will also help your comprehension, |||||||||aussi|||

but when you speak and when you are genuinely communicating, communicating ||||||||vraiment|| ||||||||sincerely||

with someone, just communicate. |quelqu'un||

So if I get back to John Cena and his Mandarin Chinese, he does communicate. 所以如果我回到约翰塞纳和他的普通话，他确实会沟通。

I don't know, I haven't seen him discuss philosophy in Chinese, but ||||||||philosophy topics|||

those things that he does talk about he communicates effectively, uh, I don't |||||||||efficacement|||

know, uh, how many tones he gets right. ||||tons|||juste

I think it's pretty haphazard, but he's happy doing it. ||||aléatoire||||| ||||random||||| ||||desordenado||||| ||||willkürlich||||| ||||随意的||||| ||||desordenado|||||

And I think people listening to him again, I can't speak for Chinese 而且我认为人们又在听他说话，我不会说中文

people, but I have the impression that Chinese people are happy to see him

speaking Chinese to the extent that he speaks it and he is communicating. 说中文到他说中文和交流的程度。

So, uh, I guess where I come to in all of this is John Cena's Mandarin chinese is 所以，呃，我想我在这一切中来到的地方是约翰塞纳的普通话是

an example of people who learn a language for a certain purpose and pull it off |||||||||||but de|||| |||||||||||||succeed in||

successfully and obviously enjoy it.

And really that's what language learning is all about enjoyment and of |||||||||plaisir||

course, communication or communicating with people, connecting with people.

So there you have it, a bit of um, you know, digression perhaps from |||||||||||digression|| |||||||||||digression|| |||||||||||Abschweifung|| |||||||||||题外话|| |||||||||||脱線|| |||||||||||divagación quizás|quizás|

the title, but just talking about the importance of communicating without the||||||||||

worrying too much about perfection.

Thank you for listening. Спасибо за внимание.

Bye for now. Пока.