English to Chinese Simplified Translation

Chinese Simplified language
Chinese belongs to the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. About one-fifth of the world's population, or over one billion people, speak some form of Chinese as their native language. As the dominant language of East Asia, Chinese has greatly influenced the writing systems and vocabularies of neighboring languages, such as Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese. Simplified Chinese is a standardized character set prescribed for use by the government of the People's Republic of China on Mainland China in the 1950s. Simplified character forms were created by decreasing the number of strokes and simplifying the forms of traditional Chinese characters. The government of the People's Republic of China in Mainland China has promoted them for use in printing in an attempt to increase literacy. They are officially used in the People's Republic of China and Singapore.

English language
Because English is so widely spoken, it has often been referred to as a 'world language', the lingua franca of the modern era, and while it is not an official language in most countries, it is currently the language most often taught as a foreign language. Some linguists believe that it is no longer the exclusive cultural property of 'native English speakers', but is rather a language that is absorbing aspects of cultures worldwide as it continues to grow. It is, by international treaty, the official language for aerial and maritime communications, an official language of the United Nations and many other international organisations, including the International Olympic Committee.

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