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Publicado originalmente en el Blog de RTVE Vuelta y vuelta.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Estudiar chino es como aprenderse de memoria el directorio telef\u00f3nico.\u00a0No me sent\u00eda tan impotente desde que, de ni\u00f1a en el conservatorio, suspend\u00eda todos los dictados de m\u00fasica. Hace unas semanas, el diario El Mundo lanz\u00f3\u00a0una promoci\u00f3n<\/a>\u00a0de DVDs para aprender chino. Quien se anime desde Espa\u00f1a \u2013o cualquier otro lugar fuera de China\u2013 a aprender el \u00a0\u201cidioma del futuro\u201d es un h\u00e9roe. A pesar de que vivir aqu\u00ed sin hablar mandar\u00edn es como estar sorda, muda, ciega y tonta de remate, las clases se me hacen tan duras que a menudo pienso en dejarlas.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuando, varios lustros atr\u00e1s, tomaba clases de ingl\u00e9s en una academia, segu\u00edamos un popular m\u00e9todo con vi\u00f1etas protagonizado por un tal Arthur. Al pobre Arthur todo le sal\u00eda mal. Se le quemaban las lentejas, perd\u00eda autobuses, le dejaba su novia, pisaba pieles de pl\u00e1tano. Arthur era un personaje entra\u00f1able con el que era f\u00e1cil simpatizar. A su lado, aprend\u00edas casi sin querer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No se me ocurre, en fin, nada m\u00e1s diferente a la sensaci\u00f3n actual; este aprendizaje viene a ser como meter un batall\u00f3n de martillos neum\u00e1ticos en la cabeza. Como las frases no se construyen con nada que se asemeje a nuestra l\u00f3gica, o las aprendes de memoria o no ser\u00e1s capaz hacerte entender. Junto a esto, como sabr\u00e9is, la dificultad que conllevan los cuatro tonos. Ya dije que suspend\u00eda todos los dictados de m\u00fasica en el conservatorio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abundan, no obstante, razones para no tirar la toalla. He observado, por ejemplo, que las traducciones del chino al ingl\u00e9s siempre ocupan una tercera o cuarta parte del contenido original. Cada vez que me traducen algo, tengo la sensaci\u00f3n de que me pierdo tres cuartas partes. Las consecuencias a veces son graves, como contratar a una Ayi que cocina setas con ojos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Otro motivo son las voces enlatadas, de pasmosa abundancia. En el autob\u00fas y el metro, desde luego, pero tambi\u00e9n en ascensores, supermercados, puestos de frutos secos o cajeros autom\u00e1ticos.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Publicado originalmente en el Blog de RTVE Vuelta y vuelta. Estudiar chino es como aprenderse de memoria el directorio telef\u00f3nico.\u00a0No me sent\u00eda tan impotente desde que, de ni\u00f1a en el conservatorio, suspend\u00eda todos los dictados de m\u00fasica. Hace unas semanas, el diario El Mundo lanz\u00f3\u00a0una promoci\u00f3n\u00a0de DVDs para aprender chino. Quien se anime desde Espa\u00f1a \u2013o […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articulos"],"yoast_head":"\nAprende chino o muere intent\u00e1ndolo - Natalia Mart\u00edn Cantero<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nataliamartincantero.com\/en\/aprende-chino-o-muere-intentandolo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aprende chino o muere intent\u00e1ndolo - Natalia Mart\u00edn Cantero\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Publicado originalmente en el Blog de RTVE Vuelta y vuelta. 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